diff --git a/legal/templates/license-header-2024.txt b/legal/templates/license-header-2024.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb01365b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/legal/templates/license-header-2024.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Copyright (c) 2024 Fraunhofer FOKUS and others. All rights reserved.
+
+See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+
+Contact: mosaic@fokus.fraunhofer.de
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/mosaic-utils/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/util/VehicleReferenceUtils.java b/lib/mosaic-utils/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/util/VehicleReferenceUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5dcd977c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mosaic-utils/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/lib/util/VehicleReferenceUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Fraunhofer FOKUS and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contact: mosaic@fokus.fraunhofer.de
+ */
+
+package org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.util;
+
+import org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.geo.CartesianPoint;
+import org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.geo.GeoPoint;
+import org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.math.Vector3d;
+import org.eclipse.mosaic.lib.math.VectorUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class collecting methods to work with vehicle positions, such
+ * as converting the reference point from center to front bumper and vice versa.
+ */
+public class VehicleReferenceUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from its center to the center of the front bumper.
+     */
+    public static Vector3d fromCenterToFrontBumper(Vector3d pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return VectorUtils.getDirectionVectorFromHeading(heading, new Vector3d()).multiply(length / 2).add(pos);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from its center to the center of the front bumper.
+     */
+    public static CartesianPoint fromCenterToFrontBumper(CartesianPoint pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return fromCenterToFrontBumper(pos.toVector3d(), heading, length).toCartesian();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from its center to the center of the front bumper.
+     */
+    public static GeoPoint fromCenterToFrontBumper(GeoPoint pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return fromCenterToFrontBumper(pos.toVector3d(), heading, length).toGeo();
+    }
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from the center of the front bumper to its bounding box center.
+     */
+    public static Vector3d fromFrontBumperToCenter(Vector3d pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return VectorUtils.getDirectionVectorFromHeading(heading, new Vector3d()).multiply(-length / 2).add(pos);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from the center of the front bumper to its bounding box center.
+     */
+    public static CartesianPoint fromFrontBumperToCenter(CartesianPoint pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return fromFrontBumperToCenter(pos.toVector3d(), heading, length).toCartesian();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the position reference of a vehicle from the center of the front bumper to its bounding box center.
+     */
+    public static GeoPoint fromFrontBumperToCenter(GeoPoint pos, double heading, double length) {
+        return fromFrontBumperToCenter(pos.toVector3d(), heading, length).toGeo();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2846a4f57..bcd4f8ca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@
                             <header>${parent.dir}/legal/templates/license-header-2021.txt</header>
                             <header>${parent.dir}/legal/templates/license-header-2022.txt</header>
                             <header>${parent.dir}/legal/templates/license-header-2023.txt</header>
+                            <header>${parent.dir}/legal/templates/license-header-2024.txt</header>
                         </validHeaders>
                         <headerDefinitions>
                         </headerDefinitions>
diff --git a/rti/mosaic-starter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/starter/MosaicStarter.java b/rti/mosaic-starter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/starter/MosaicStarter.java
index 5874e245b..364c555cf 100644
--- a/rti/mosaic-starter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/starter/MosaicStarter.java
+++ b/rti/mosaic-starter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/mosaic/starter/MosaicStarter.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ protected MosaicSimulation createSimulation() {
 
     protected void printVersionAndCopyrightInfo() {
         System.out.println("Eclipse MOSAIC [Version " + MosaicVersion.get().toString() + "]");
-        System.out.println("Copyright (c) 2023 Fraunhofer FOKUS and others. All rights reserved.");
+        System.out.println("Copyright (c) 2024 Fraunhofer FOKUS and others. All rights reserved.");
         System.out.println("License EPL-2.0: Eclipse Public License Version 2 [https://eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html].");
         System.out.println();
     }