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Commission opens test lab
for truck emissions
European Commission puts in facilities that will enable it
to come up with the Euro VI rules on schedule in April 2010
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Whiplash test indicates
80% of seats need improving
Euro NCAP puts front seats from 25 recent cars through its
new whiplash injury test and finds that only five of them
are star performers
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Denso spends $91.5 million
on powertrain control
Japanese group is setting up a new testing and controls subsidiary
in Japan to feed what it sees as a growing market
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Wabco puts third
dynamic truck testing track in Germany
Dynamic test area will improve facilities for testing electronic
stability controls in trucks as the EU legislation comes into
effect
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Mercedes opens
truck testing centre in Germany
It has spent €80 million on advanced testing facilities
at Wörth for trucks
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Perkins spends
€25 million expanding its test facilities
Off-highway engines manufacturer brings more work in house in
major expansion of testing
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Seat puts hardware-in-the-loop
testing into Martorell
Expansion in its Spanish plant means full facilities are needed
on hand
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Joint research
puts hybrids into simulation loop
Work by IPG Automotive and AVL brings hardware-in-the-loop testing
for hybrids to market
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Europe to set
safety standards for hydrogen vehicles
European Commission aims to develop proposals that will mean
hydrogen cars don't need to get approval in individual EU states
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Romax wins
Ford business for transmission NVH analysis
Getting the design of powertrain right to optimise the noise
signature is the aim
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Ford and Mercedes use software
to get to grips with whine
Gearbox whine stands out as other noise factors in cars get
resolved. Now software firms are taking the lead
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University work
leads to laser tailpipe emissions device
Work at Manchester University has developed a laser-based system
that can measure missions as the cvehicle is being driven
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Volkswagen automates
ECU testing
Tie-up with a company offering realistic human puts new elements
into testing simulations
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LMS finds a virtual
driver for its simulation
Tie-up with a company offering realistic human puts new elements
into testing simulations
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Toyota
Europe expands its NVH workload
Expansion of its European technical centre has resulted in Toyota
increasing its use of LMS Test.Lab
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Study into antenna
EMC performance
Ficosa has set up a three year project to investigate EMC characteristics
of car aerials
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Laser scanner
inspection speeds quality control
Micro Epsilon's 2810 aids component inspection and process control
of welding and bonding
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Photographic system
takes strain measurements
A portable strain measurement system uses photographic techniques
to ensure that car body panels are of consistent quality
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New
standard testing solution for NVH
LMS International has announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen has
selected LMS Test.Lab as the new standard testing solution for
NVH engineering in its engine and vehicle development groups.
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HIL tester
for body & interior systems
A new compact hardware in the loop (HIL) tester configured
for testing body and interior electronic systems is
being launched at SAE Convergence.
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New micro
cameras reveal unseen safety-critical areas
Camera heads just two centimetres in diameter will allow
engineers at Millbrook, one of Europe's leading vehicle
test and development centres, to reveal safety-critical
interactions in areas never previously seen during impacts.
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Proving
to be best
The last few years have been very challenging for everyone
in the automotive business.
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The vital
part
Boshart Engineering in North America has carved out
a profitable niche for itself.
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