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Durability
Testing
 ATDS is ready to
conduct your mileage accumulation test
program whether for ten or ten million
miles. As a full service independent
automotive testing firm, ATDS has the
experience and resources to provide the
level of service you need: drivers; full
maintenance support; emissions testing;
customized data logging and engineering
analysis.
Durability
testing can to meet regulatory requirements,
for general engineering and development or
to help diagnose warrantee issues with
in-use vehicles. ATDS provides durability
testing from our permanent sites in
California, Michigan, Arizona and Texas or
from remote sites established to take
short-term advantage of weather, terrain,
environment or road conditions. Remote sites
durability operations have recently been
conducted in Florida, Minnesota, Alaska,
Colorado, Massachusetts and Canada. ATDS can
recommend a location to meet your testing
requirements and then quickly and
efficiently set-up and carry out the test
program.
Data can
be collected using printed forms, an
on-board data logger or a combination of the
two. ATDS is experienced with a variety of
different data loggers and can provide a
recommendation of a suitable system for your
needs.
Either way
data is collected it is then entered into a
computer data base for distribution and
analysis. Results can be provided in tabular
or graphical formats. Raw data is available
on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or over the internet.
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Durability
testing in all extremes.
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ATDS
Advantages
Low
Cost. Durability programs have many
hidden costs: driver recruitment, training,
scheduling and daily management add cost to
your programs and require specific
experience in each location. Maintaining
facilities in all locations of interest
nationwide is costly and time consuming. By
choosing ATDS, you pay only for what you
need without long term fixed costs, capital
investments or additional personnel.
 Flexibility and
location. We believe in going where
you need us most where you aren't. ATDS
routinely operates in locations around the
US and Canada to test vehicles under all
environmental extremes. We have developed
long term arrangements in locations from
humid south Florida to cold Fairbanks,
Alaska. See our location list for more
options. If you have a unique environmental
or demographic requirement, ATDS can select
and begin operations in a new location
usually within three weeks.
Risk
Management. Driving millions of miles
on public roads annually involves risk of
accident. ATDS maintains multi-million US$
liability insurance coverage and is
experienced in minimizing accidents and
maximizing safety. Fewer accidents mean less
delay and lower costs for your program.
 Environment.
ATDS can provide the exact driving
environment needed to collect the data you
require: urban, freeway, off-road, mountain,
desert, cold or hot and humid. In our
seasonal facilities, we can provide cold
start drivability after an overnight soak at
-40F in Alaska or Minnesota. We can test
fuel system drivability after an extended
idle and hot soak at 125F in Death Valley,
CA. However, our permanent facilities have
unique features as well. Our Texas location
features miles of private dirt and gravel
road for off road and 4x4 testing with the
salt spray of the Gulf of Mexico within a
few hours drive. In California, our Ontario
headquarters features 9,000 foot mountain
elevations, sea level elevations, hot desert
conditions, and everything from remote
highway to Los Angeles traffic jams, all
within a 100 mile radius.
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