Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Testing
Reliable, comprehensive and bespoke testing solutions to get your Electric and Hybrid vehicles to market faster
In the rapidly advancing Electric Vehicle (EV) and plug in Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV) market, ensuring your automotive products stay ahead of the competition and guarantee performance, customer safety and satisfaction is vital.
The rapid advances in electrification technologies in the automotive industry and the accelerated global adoption of Electric Vehicles has led to an increase in demand within the European, North American, and global EV powertrain test market.
Intertek offers a diverse portfolio of testing services for its customers, providing bespoke testing solutions for manufacturers and their suppliers. Currently, we have six dedicated EV test cells within our Intertek Milton Keynes facility with the following capabilities:
- High speed eMotor dyno testing
- EV axle module testing
- Transmission testing
- Hybrid powertrain testing
- Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) testing
- Fuel additive & lubricant testing
- Whole vehicle fleet testing
Get in touch to discuss your testing requirements
Intertek’s European Centre of Excellence for Electric Vehicles
To further support manufacturers’ growing testing requirements, Intertek is currently expanding its EV capabilities and investing in the creation of a European Centre of Excellence for high voltage EV propulsion systems testing in Milton Keynes.
The new EV Testing Centre of Excellence will encompass motors, inverters, axle modules, all on-board vehicle electrical systems and complete electric vehicle testing. This new facility will include 11 EV powertrain test cells, a complete four-wheel drive full vehicle climatic test chamber, electric axle module test rigs, three state-of-the-art e-motor dyno rigs operating at speeds up to 27,000rpm, and several specialist eMachine development rigs. To learn more about our facility investment, read our press release.
| Facility Overview |
| New test cells |
| eAxle 2WD |
| eAxle 2WD – with removable partition with above to create full vehicle 4WD test chamber |
| 280kW, 27,000rpm eMachine Dyno |
| 500kW, 20,000rpm eMachine Dyno |
| 500kW, 20,000rpm eMachine Dyno |
| 25,000rpm eMachine Back-to-Back durability rig |
| Existing test cells |
| 270kW, 18,000rpm eMachine Dyno – relocated from Tanners Drive Cell 28 |
| 320kW, 20,000rpm eMachine Dyno - relocated from Tanners Drive Cell 29 |
| 60kW, 18,000rpm BISG eMachine Dyno - relocated from Tanners Drive Cell 30 |
| 25,000rpm eMachine Back-to-Back durability rig - relocated from Tanners Drive Cell 21 |
| Precision eMachine Spin-Loss measurement rig - relocated from Tanners Drive Cell 31 |
Contact us to learn more about our upcoming investment
Intertek also offers a diverse range of Electric and Hybrid-electric Vehicle battery testing solutions; from cell, module and pack level testing, abuse testing, to fire exposure and safety certification testing, we can provide you a one-stop-shop for your electric vehicle testing requirements. To learn more about our automotive battery testing capabilities, click here.
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