Vehicle Service

• Advanced Lead Acid
• Nickel Cadmium
• Nickel Metal Hydride
• Lithium
• Ultra Capacitors
• Fuel Cells
• Battery / Vehicle System Testing
• Battery Management Systems
• Charge Characterization Testing
• Life Cycle Validation Testing

Battery/Vehicle System Characterization and Validation

• Ford authorized service facility
• OEM trained mechanics
• Mobile repairs

Laboratory Features

• 24 x 7 operation for fast life cycle results
• Thermal chambers (-30C to +60C)
• FM200 fire protection systems
• Hydrogen gas monitoring and management
• Test status technician pager notification system for 24 hr operation
• High voltage / high power test equipment
  (8V-420Vdc, -400A to +400A)
• Automatic data processing systems
• Highly experienced battery test engineers
• High accuracy, high resolution DAQ capabilities

Previous Projects

General Motors

• Prototype BAS HEV battery characterization
• Prototype BAS HEV product validation

DaimlerChrysler / SAFT

• 2001 EPIC EV battery product validation

Ford Motor Company / East Penn

• Think Neighbor EV battery charge validation

DARPA / Sacramento Municipal Utility District

• SAFT NiMH HEV bus life cycle test
• Delphi VRLA / Battery Management life cycle
• Hawker VRLA / Battery Management life cycle
• Horizon VRLA battery characterization
• PLI Lithium Ion battery characterization
• Fast Charging demonstration project