Testing Capabilities

E-powertrain engineering services for Battery Characterisation

Dedicated facilities for testing and development of electrified powertrains. Our facilities allow testing at all development levels, from single cell to full vehicle. Including:

Characterisation and Functionality:

• • Cell formation and quality control
  • Cycling and accelerated aging
  • Balancing for module/pack integration

Advanced testing and development:

• • Impedance analysis (DCIR/EIS) and modelling
  • Thermal modelling, measurement, control and optimisation.
  • BMS development, testing and verification.

Bespoke testing solutions and real-world simulation:

• • Cell, module and pack level capability.
  • Drivecycle simulation
  • Vast experience of test and measurement techniques.

E-powertrain engineering services for Electric Vehicles & PIL Testing

Dedicated facilities for testing and development of electrified powertrains. Our facilities allow testing at all development levels, from single cell to full vehicle. Including:

Systems development and integration:

• • Knowledge of all automotive communications protocols (e.g. CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet etc.)
  • Rest bust simulation for X-in-the-Loop testing
  • Embedded software development and calibration

EV powertrains:

• • Thermal management development, verification and testing
  • Hybrid energy management and system integration
  • Motor and inverter testing (battery emulation up to 500 kW)

Full vehicle testing:

• • 4WD hub dyno – up to 240 kW per wheel
  • 2 & 4WD rolling road
  • High voltage / current instrumentation
  • Performance verification and benchmarking

E-powertrain engineering services for Fuel Cells

Dedicated test facilities for the development of hydrogen fuel cell technologies. Our services extend to all FCEV technologies, including:

Full system:

• • Benchmarking for systems up to 200 kW
  • End of line testing
  • System calibration
  • Controller development

Stack testing:

• • Short and full-size stacks
  • Flexible balance of plant options to investigate stack performance

Component testing:

• • 100 kW stack and BOP
  • Open controller software for component testing

All related EV components:

• • Battery electric vehicles
  • Traction motors
  • Batteries
  • DC-DC converters