Powertrain Performance Feel

In addition to NVH, Driveability, and Shift Quality, Performance Feel is among the four Powertrain attributes that directly influence customer satisfaction. It is defined in terms of the availability of power to the end customer and is the customer perception of performance that includes the effects of vehicle acceleration, accelerator control characteristics, shift character, and sound quality.

This 3.5-hour Ford online course is intended to increase the awareness of vehicle Performance Feel issues, target setting process, and the interactions and controls that affect Performance Feel. Improvement in Performance Feel is identified as high priority. Powertrain engineers can improve Performance Feel by taking action in their own subsystem and/or cascading to other engineers how their systems affect it. While certain Ford proprietary information has been removed from the course, it contains essentially the same content that engineers from Ford and select suppliers have benefitted from taking.

By participating in this online course, you will be able to:

• Define Performance Feel and describe the elements of the Performance Feel attribute from the customer's perspective
• Identify the vehicle systems and subsystems and the interfaces that affect Performance Feel
• Outline the analytical and test-based metrics, tools, and methodologies used to measure and enhance Performance Feel

Major topics include:

• Performance Feel from the Customer's Perspective
• Performance Feel from an Engineering Perspective
• Metrics and Targets of Performance Feel
• Performance Feel Design Considerations

Authors: Ford Powertrain Engineering, Ford Learning & Development

Is this SAE/Ford online course for you?
This course is geared toward powertrain, product development, quality, and manufacturing engineers. It is recommended that you have an engineering degree and experience in the automotive engineering field.

This is an internet-delivered short course featuring graphical presentation screens with text-based instruction, a glossary, and reference. Case studies, summaries, and checks for knowledge are incorporated throughout the course to reinforce learning and retention and gauge your understanding of a topic before you move forward.

With your registration, you will receive three months of online access to the 3.5-hour presentation.

Equipment Requirements

• Pentium PC 300 MHZ
• Minimum 128 MB RAM
• Internet Explorer 6.0 & above browser recommended
• Adobe Flash Player 8 or above required
• Broadband-128Kbps and above (Minimum: Cable or DSL connection)
• Windows 2000, XP, Vista
• 1024 X 768 screen resolution

Quantity discounts for six or more students and Site License options also are available - complete a Corporate Learning Solutions Request Form for a quote.

For more detail, email CustomerService@sae.org; or call
1-877-606-7323 (U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970 (outside US and Canada).