Cleaner, safer, quieter

Testing companies are working to improve equipment and procedures to better match real-world situations in an effort to help automotive suppliers and OEMs in development of future vehicles.

By more accurately correlating test data to actual vehicle functionality, the industry is transforming vehicle design perspectives into reality-based cause-and-effect scenarios. And while testing methods and procedures that best mirror real-world use help engineers evaluate transportation reality, the carryover to customers is another step toward designing recall-free vehicles with realistic attributes. Topping the deliverables list are cleaner, safer, quieter automobiles. And at the Testing Expo North America 2003 trade show held in Novi, MI, in late October, a number of testing companies showed their latest technologies addressing this list.