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	Vehicles on the mileage accumulation dynamometers are run at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. The state-of-the-art mileage accumulation dynamometer facility provides rapid, cost-effective vehicle testing, accommodating up to twenty cars or light trucks.

Fleet testing is often the final important phase of vehicle research that provides proof of performance and comparative data under actual operational conditions. The Fleet and Field Evaluations Section in the Fuels and Lubricants Research Division of Southwest Research Institute offers experienced staff, comprehensive services, and state-of-the-art fleet test facilities to clients in all segments of the automotive industry.

Bumper-to-bumper fleet evaluations include:

• Air conditioning systems

• Automatic transmission fluids

• Axle lubricants

• Body trim

• Brakes

• Coolants

• Crankcase oils

• Electronics and electrical systems

• Engines

• Evaporative emissions

• Exhaust systems

• Fuels

• Paints

• Steering

• Tires

	SwRI provides fleet testing services using many different makes and models of cars, both foreign and domestic.

Additional services included:

• Commercial, private, captive, or dedicated fleet tests of cars, trucks, or buses

• Public road, test tracks, and mileage accumulation dynos

• Driveability

• Performance

• Durability

• Fuel economy

• Tire testing

• Tractor field tests

• Environmental chambers

For more information about fleet and field evaluation capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please e-mail Larry Eckhardt, or call (210) 522-2980.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

April 13, 2007