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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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