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WardsAuto.Com reports that GM is ramping up testing of batteries for use in its electric vehicles (EVs). The report notes: The lab includes about 170 test chambers cycling battery charges up and down 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. During the cycling, engineers introduce severe temperature and humidity levels, while an automotive OEM-exclusive “shaker table†. . . → Read More: GM Ramps Up Battery Testing Autoliv Opens New Unique Test Facility STOCKHOLM –(Business Wire)– Oct 26, 2009 Regulatory News: Autoliv Inc. has opened a new unique test facility for pre-crash and active safety systems in Vargarda, Sweden. Thanks to passive safety systems such as seatbelt pretensioners and airbags, vehicle safety has substantially improved over recent decades. The next step to further reduce road traffic . . . → Read More: Autoliv Opens New Unique Test Facility Shanghai Dailly reports on China’s first wind-tunnel test facility that opened yesterday near Shanghai. According to the report, [China's] first automobile wind tunnel was launched in Shanghai yesterday in a bid to support the Chinese automotive industry in its transition from “made in China” to “designed in China.” … With the technology localized, businesses will be able to reduce . . . → Read More: The Way the Wind is Blowing Crain’s Detroit Business is reporting that the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center in Warren will add a test facility. A ceremonial groundbreaking is scheduled in two weeks and formal construction could begin by month’s end on the new $40.3 million Ground Systems Power and . . . → Read More: Warren Tank Center to Add Test Lab FEV, Inc.has announced that it will open a new FEV technical center – FEV’s fifth in the world – in Pune, India. The announcement was made by Prof. Stefan Pischinger, Chairman and CEO of FEV Group, who said the technical center will be used for powertrain and vehicle development. FEV India Pvt. Ltd. is the company’s . . . → Read More: FEV Opens New Technical Center in India |
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