September 18th, 2024
“We all strive to ensure that no more people lose their lives or are seriously injured on the roads. We are therefore very grateful when such dedicated engineers use their creativity and inventiveness to further develop vehicle technology in this direction”, said the newly elected EVU President Prof. Hermann Steffan in his laudatory speech. “The approach of rolling out these safety systems worldwide is of great importance and deserves our appreciation.”
Andreas Wingert studied mechanical engineering in the USA. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2000 and a Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2002. This was followed by a period of study at the Institute for Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS) at the University of Tokyo. In 2004, Wingert started as a trainee at the former DaimlerChrysler AG and from 2006 developed assistance systems such as lane departure warning and drowsiness assist at Mitsubishi Fuso. At Daimler, he was then involved in the functional and software development of the fourth generation of active brake assist, which supports pedestrian detection. Since 2016, he has been back at Mitsubishi Fuso in Japan and has played a key role in developing and implementing various active safety systems as Team Leader of Driver Assistance Systems and, since 2020, as Head of Advanced Engineering. In particular, the jury honored his contribution to rolling out the systems across different platforms and markets with the European Commercial Vehicle Safety Award 2024.
“The worldwide introduction of active safety systems, for which Andreas Wingert has rendered outstanding services over the past 20 years, has great potential to prevent accidents and save lives,” said Barend Hauwetter, Head of Vehicle Technology at the German Road Safety Council and member of the EVU Presidential Council. “If critical situations don't arise in the first place because driver assistance systems warn or intervene accordingly, that is a big plus for road safety.”
Jann Fehlauer, Managing Director of DEKRA Automobil GmbH, commented on the award: “Active safety is particularly important in heavy commercial vehicles – because accidents involving commercial vehicles almost always have serious consequences for other road users. It is not for nothing that commercial vehicles were pioneers in most active safety systems. The work of Andreas Wingert and his respective teams has made important progress possible in this field. Once again, we are honoring a worthy winner in 2024.”
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1990 Professor Pal Strifler (Daimler), Hungary
1991 Professor Nikolaus Marx (University of Bremen), Germany
1992 Professor Ernst Göhring (Daimler), Germany
1993 Professor Klaus Langwieder (European Insurances Association), Germany
1994 Professor Egon-Christian von Glasner (Daimler), Germany
1995 Professor Gyula Köfalvi (Széchenyi István University), Györ, Hungary
1996 Siegfried Werber (DVR), Germany
1997 Professor Pál Michelberger (University of Budapest, President of FISITA), Hungary
1998 Eric Thoms (Scania), Sweden
1999 Toru Kajiyama (Isuzu), Japan
2000 Richard Hildebrandt (Allied Signal), USA
2001 Paul Oppenheimer MBE (Lucas-Girling), Great Britain
2002 Professor Jovan Todorovic (University of Belgrade), Serbia
2003 Bernard Tripier (Bosch), France
2004 Professor Sigmar Micke (Bosch), USA
2005 Friedrich-Wilhelm Matzner (Bendiberica), Spain
2006 Dr. Fujio Momiyama (Hino), Japan
2007 Dr. Jürgen Trost (Daimler), Germany
2008 Lennart Svenson (Volvo), Sweden
2009 Professor László Palkovics (Knorr), Hungary
2010 Professor Hartmut Marwitz (Daimler), Germany
2011 Hidehiko Enomoto (Hino), Japan
2012 Eberhard Hipp (MAN), Germany
2013 Christian Börner (BG Fahrzeuge), Germany
2014 Dr. Erwin Petersen (WABCO), Germany
2015 Professor Jörg Zürn (Daimler), Germany
2016 Dr. Christian Wiehen (WABCO), Germany
2017 Fredrich Claezon (Scania), Sweden
2018 Alexander Berg (DEKRA), Germany
2019 Dr. Stefan Guserle (MAN), Germany
2020 Kay Morschheuser (Daimler), Germany
2021 Joachim Werner (Iveco), Germany
2022 Walter Niewöhner (DEKRA), Germany
2023 Ingo Scherhaufer (Daimler Truck), Germany
2024 Andreas Wingert (Mitsubishi Fuso), Japan / Germany