The winter test programmes have come to an end at Pirelli’s Sottozero Centre in Lapland,…
Browsing: Vehicle Testing
Horiba MIRA has confirmed that its Vehicle Attribute Development Team will soon benefit from a driver-in-the-loop simulator with a full-motion platform, to enhance their driver-centric and qualitative vehicle attribute engineering
DS Automobiles has developed a prototype EV that uses only electric motor regeneration instead of conventional brakes, which the company says is a potential future direction for electric vehicles. The car uses two onboard electric motors to slow the vehicle entirely through regenerative braking, up to 600kW
Watch Lotus’s unveiling of the Emira GT4 race car at its Hethel test track, which included a dynamic demonstration of its performance
The new Range Rover Sport has been revealed in dramatic fashion, with James Bond stunt driver, Jessica Hawkins, taking on a challenging ascent of a 193m dam spillway in Iceland against a torrent of water flowing at 750 tonnes per minute. See how the most advanced combination of chassis technologies ever fitted to a Land Rover helped her avoid a perilous 90m drop
Road testing in the UK? The world’s best driving roads can be replicated in the UK (though perhaps not the weather), from the Stelvio Pass and Great Ocean Road, to the Transfăgărășan Pass. Alfa Romeo’s team shares the UK equivalents they have found for the world’s most iconic roads
rFpro, is developing a highly accurate virtual model of the handling track at Nardò Technical Center in Italy. The digital twin will enable vehicle manufacturers to accelerate development of next-generation EV platforms by testing them in a fully representative virtual environment
The all-new 2023 Honda Civic Type R has broken the record for a front-wheel drive car at the Suzuka Circuit. Watch the record-breaking performance, featuring G meter data and more
Honda’s next-generation Civic Type R has set a new lap record for a front-wheel drive car at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Japan. It lapped the 5.8km track in 2 minutes 23.120 seconds, 0.873 seconds faster than its predecessor
Take a tour of the various facilities and scenarios offered by Horiba MIRA’s new Assured CAV facility for developing connected and automated vehicles