Electronics and mechatronics are the principal drivers of innovation in automobiles and their value-adding effect is increasing day-by-day. Unfortunately, they also occupy a leading position in failure statistics.

The greatest challenge is therefore to master the ever-rising levels of complexity while achieving zero-error production and structural durability over the whole performance range with continuing integration of new features. For this reason, the goal of mechanical testing in this field is to raise production quality and increase structural durability.