Vehicle Testing

Ricardo vehicle test facilities support durability, noise, emissions and performance development activities across vehicle types ranging from small scooters, to performance motorcycles, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, equipped with both conventionally fuelled or hybrid electric powertrains. These facilities are at the disposal of customers for tasks ranging from product homologation to research into the benefits of new technologies and innovations, and provide a cost effective solution tailored to individual needs.

Vehicle testing services:

• Passenger car and medium duty vehicle emissions facilities with up to 150kW continuous rating
• Climatic capability from -25 to +40°C
• Dedicated gasoline & diesel dilution tunnels for particle size and number investigations
• High performance 140kW motorcycle emissions facility
• Semi anechoic vehicle chamber for NVH development and measurement
• Drive by noise certification track
• Drive cycle emissions testing
• Aftertreatment performance characterisation and unregulated emission testing
• Noise characterization and optimization
• Performance and fuel economy development
• Conformity of production (CoP) testing
• In-service testing
• Vehicle homologation