AKKA’s immersive maintenance training solution deployed at Renault Academy training centres worldwide

Brussels, September 29^th, 2021 – In 2016 AKKA Technologies co-developed an automotive maintenance training solution using immersive simulation and virtual technology ‘SIMDIAG’ for Renault Academy in France. AKKA announces today that this solution is now being deployed worldwide in Renault Academy’s after-sales training centres.

The SIMDIAG solution allows the practical training of technical experts in an immersive virtual environment by simulating real-life conditions such as breakdowns as well as the whole automotive diagnostic and repair processes. Thanks to this solution, a technician can perform a diagnosis with the Renault’s own tool (CLIP) used in real-life and carry out the indicated repair procedures virtually.

This training solution brings significant benefits to Renault as it helps to significantly reduce the cost of material equipment (vehicles, fault generation, etc.) and enhance the safety of the training process on EV vehicle as everything is handled in a virtual environment. In addition, the deployment of SIMDIAG to Renault training centres worldwide will ensure the consistency of their training offer and the unified dissemination of best practices to all their technicians and after-sales teams.

Nathalie Gauthier, Director of Renault Academy, said: “Thanks to this cooperation, Renault Academy’s propriety virtual tool is able to propose an innovative solution to simulate vehicles in order to reduce technical training cost and increase agility on new product trainings, thus improve global efficiency.“.

Luigi Boggione, Sales Director and Executive Vice-President of Digital & Diversification Business Line mentioned: “SIMDIAG constitutes today a key asset for Renault diagnostic and maintenance trainings. Initially developed for Renault Academy France, the expansion of this virtual training solution to all Renault Academy centres worldwide is a real achievement, demonstrates its efficiency and reliability and is another proof of our expertise in developing immersive solutions tailored to our clients’ needs.”.