Vehicle Development
Our Value Add
Comprehensive, fully certified on-site facilities for vehicle emissions testing and driveability optimization.
Our Tools, Facilities and Services in Northampton, UK:
- New Vehicle Development Centre for comprehensive testing of all vehicle types
- 4WD chassis dyno with climatic and altitude capability (up to 5000m)
- 2 fully equipped 4WD chassis dynos for climatic and ambient testing
- Hydrogen sensing and rapid extraction systems
- Solar array to Federal SC03 specifications
- Full size dilution tunnel
- Particulate mass and count measurement
- Horiba analysers for gaseous, Pn/Pm
- VCA certified to EURO 6e / EURO 7 and WLTC
- Capable of testing to
- US EPA Tier 4
- US CARB LEV 4
- China National 6b
- CFR 1066
- Japan 1015
- Cold environment vehicle testing
- ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for vehicle emissions testing to latest Euro 6 standards
- -40 °C to +60 °C climatic control for cold start and drive away development
- Dynamometers rated to 6000 Nm
- Max tractive effort 8000 N with up to 250 km/h wind velocity
- Vehicles up to 3000 kg accommodated (max weight 2000 kg per axle)
- Full range of standard and alternative fuels available
- FTIR analyser for unregulated gaseous emission analysis and speciation
- Dedicated soak area for up to 15 vehicles
Vehicle Development Centre [PDF; 24 MB]