From vehicle diagnostics to research projects

RA Review of the Year 2025

2025-12-11

2025 was an exciting year for RA Consulting. International economic changes and developments in the German automotive industry presented us with new challenges and opportunities.

Despite these dynamic conditions, we launched new products, successfully completed research projects, and initiated groundbreaking product developments. We supported our customers and tool users by presenting forward-looking topics at technical conferences, offering practical product trainings, and hosting informative webinars.

Thank you for your strong interest in our events and consistently positive feedback!

We are also pleased to announce that our CEO, Armin Rupalla, was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of ASAM e.V. (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems). ASAM standards will continue to be a central component of ECU development in the automotive industry and form the basis of our software solutions.

Furthermore, we consistently pursue our corporate goal of sustainability. RA Consulting is certified according to the ISO 14001:2015 environmental standard. We have installed charging stations for our company fleet, 75% of which is now electric. Also, our diagnostic products were continuously tailored to the specific requirements of electric vehicles.

RA Product Innovations

DiagRA® S Simulation Tool

With the latest version 3.3.0.35, DiagRA®S is ready for the future: it is the first RA software to fully support all data from current legislation such as Euro 7 OBD and OBM, OBFCM, and OBECM. In addition, the new version makes it possible for the first time to validate all diagnostic data using OBD, OBDonUDS, and ODX descriptions.

If you would like more information about our user-friendly simulation tool, a recording of the webinar “Diagnostic simulation of vehicles with DiagRA®S – made easy” is now also available on YouTube.

Diagnostic of Electric Vehicles – ZEVonUDS

While our DiagRA® D and Silver Scan-Tool™ diagnostic tools were already fully compatible with J1979-3 (ZEVonUDS) and J1979-2 (OBDonUDS) for CAN, communication with SAE J1979-3 via the DoIP transport protocol is now also possible. This allows flexible, parallel diagnostic of multiple control units in electric vehicles and is particularly advantageous for new vehicle architectures (Software Defined Vehicle – SDV).

Silver Snap-Tool

With over 800,000 California Clean Truck Checks (CTCs) performed and around 13,000 users by early December 2025, our Silver Snap tool remains the first choice! With the Silver Snap Tool Portal and the Pre-Check Viewer, our customers have access to valuable additional tools at no extra cost to easily, quickly, and efficiently manage the entire CTC process.

DiagRA®X and DiagRA®X Viewer Pro

This year, the measurement, calibration, and visualization tools DiagRA®X and DiagRA®X Viewer Pro are coming with valuable new features. The latest versions support MDF 4.3.0 and enable easy comparison of memory pages, A2L/HEX data sets, and DCM files. Further optimizations are already in development. Stay tuned!

RA Research Projects

Real Drive Validation

Our new website provides an overview of all research projects carried out by our R&D department. The Real Drive Validation (RDV) project was successfully completed in 2025. As a member of a mixed consortium of science and industry, we developed ways of transmitting real-time data from the vehicle with the aim of teleoperation.

Address Address icon Outlook 2026

If you’re interested in vehicle diagnostics and automotive standards, as well as other related topics, we would be delighted to welcome you at our booth next year:

TMC in Nashville (USA), March 16 – 19, 2026

OBD Symposium Europe, Vienna (AT), March 3 – 5, 2026

OBD Symposium USA, Long Beach (CA), September 15 – 17, 2026

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Happy holidays and a great start to the New Year!

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