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October 27–29, 2026
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October 27–29, 2026
Vibe Credit Union Showplace, Novi, Michigan, USA

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VTW Content Program 2026

The Engine Expo is back as Advanced Chassis and Powertrain featuring a free 3-day, must attend technical conference addressing solutions at the heart of the automotive industry's most critical issue.

Consumer acceptance remains the ultimate gatekeeper for the automotive transition into a new propulsion system. As vehicle complexity skyrockets, OEMs face the "triple-threat" challenge of managing ICE advancements, high-efficiency hybrids, and pure EVs, all while maintaining positive ROI and delivering the intuitive operation consumer’s demand.

Come hear leading engineers share their technical insights on how the industry is solving the critical issues of battery development, vehicle dynamics, thermal management, and architectural advancements to ensure advanced propulsion feels like a consumer benefit rather than a mandate.

Advanced Chassis & Powertrain Themes 

Multi-Energy Powertrain Management (The "Triple-Threat" Architecture) 

Engineering and managing three co-existing vehicle platforms simultaneously. 

Sub-topics 

  • Optimizing ICE advancements and high-efficiency hybrid systems.

  • Integrating alternate fuel paths like "e-fuels" as a pragmatic technological bridge. 

  • Scaling purely electric layouts (EV) alongside legacy platforms. 

High-Voltage Infrastructure & Thermal Management 

Overcoming the engineering challenges of increasingly dense electronic systems. 

Sub-topics 

  • Navigating skyrocketing vehicle complexity driven by high-voltage systems. 

  • Executing critical battery development to meet safety, range, and cost parity targets. 

  • Solving advanced thermal management loops required to cool dense battery packs, power electronics, and multi-energy powertrains. 

Vehicle Dynamics Validation 

Migrating from ICE to Hybrid to EV within the same platform is complex and expensive 

Sub-topics 

  • Ensuring advanced propulsion feels like a consumer benefit.  

  • Achieving price parity with traditional vehicles to spur mass market adoption. 

  • Utilizing refined vehicle dynamics and architectural advancements to preserve familiar, reliable vehicle behavior that gains consumer trust. 

Why these topics are being addressed 

Why these topics are being addressed 

The Advance Chassis and Powertrain conference focuses on three critical pillars that reflect where the industry is moving: 

Resolving the Multi-Platform Engineering Strain 
Engineers need to share modular design strategies, cross-platform architectures, and common software abstraction layers. This helps maximize engineering efficiency and preserve manufacturer ROI without designing three entirely separate vehicles. 

Overcoming the High-Voltage & Thermal Integration Wall 
It is critical to bring together battery cell chemists, power electronics engineers, and fluid dynamics experts to co-develop integrated thermal loops that safely balance cabin comfort, battery longevity, and powertrain efficiency. 

Bridging the Gap with Software and Mechanical Collaboration 
Software and mechanical engineers bring a different mindset to technical challenges.  Applying mechatronics to these technology disciplines is essential to enhancing vehicle performance such as steering, braking and suspension. 

Advanced Chassis & Powertrain Track

Advanced Chassis & Powertrain Track

VTW addresses today’s propulsion reality: ICE, hybrid, and EV architectures operating in parallel.

This track covers:

  • Battery and thermal systems
  • Vehicle dynamics and chassis integration
  • Hybridization strategies and e-fuels
  • Simplifying electrification for consumer acceptance

By embedding powertrain engineering within VTW, attendees understand how propulsion choices interact with software, UX, and validation constraints.

Experience. Intelligence. Validation. Powertrain. Under One Roof.


Vehicle Technology Week (VTW) brings together the full lifecycle of modern vehicle development as the industry undergoes its architectural transformation toward software-defined, intelligent, and electrified platforms.

VTW unifies four strategic conference tracks – Vehicle Design & Cabin, Intelligent Vehicle, Vehicle Testing, and Advanced Chassis & Powertrain – into a single, integrated content program designed for engineers, technologists, and decision-makers shaping the road to 2030.

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