Pull request #929: Develop

Merge in VECTO/vecto-sim from develop to master

* commit 'd5d8f061': (79 commits)
  preparing new release updating changelog adding release report
  correcting codition that engine speed is not too high after a downshift
  AT Gearbox: downshift if below target speed only if engine speed in lower gear is below max engine speed
  Bugfix: avoiding short simulation interval. in case the vehicle speed is already below the target speed of the current  'next driving action' and the trigger distance is reached, assume the current 'next driving action' as completed and switch to the next one.
  correct path in build script
  preparing new release candidate
  xmlvalidator: handle the case where validationeventargs may be null
  update hashing tool to read the error message from the correct fields
  extending xml validation to check it the tyre dimension is valid
  updating xml schema version 2.5: remove restrictions for tyre dimension adding xml reader for tyre in version 2.5 adding testcase to read vehicle with 2.5 tyres adding tyre xml version 2.5
  adding new tyre dimensions
  correcting typo
  adding missing file
  fix: use generic alternator efficiency for converting electric power of engine fan to mechanical power
  Revert "bugfix: corrected expected values for Engine fan auxiliary tests"
  adding new tyre dimensions
  bugfix: corrected expected values for Engine fan auxiliary tests
  Extend mock-cycle data in VTP testcases with newly required columns
  re-include xsd file into project
  added missing files
  ...