Smithers Winter Test Centre Celebrates 50 Years
Founded in 1925 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Smithers is a multinational provider of testing, consulting, information, and...
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- Nov 24, 2022
Porsche 911 Dakar Test Programme on Gravel, Sand and Snow
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Porsche unveiled a special variant of the iconic 911: the new 911 Dakar. The company says it will be the...
- Sep 29, 2022
Continental Winter Tire Ranked First by ADAC, ÖAMTC and TCS.
The Continental WinterContact TS 870 takes first place in all tested sizes in the winter tire tests published today by the major...
- May 16, 2022
Pirellis Winter Proving Ground will be Operational Throughout Summer for All-Season Testing.
The winter test season has ended at Pirelli’s Sottozero Centre in Lapland, Sweden. However, summer test programmes are about to begin....
- May 14, 2022
Fully Electric BMW iX1 Completes Winter Testing at Arjeplog.
Engineers working on the third generation of the BMW X1 – and the new fully-electric BMW iX1 have completed driving dynamics testing at...
- May 9, 2022
Embark Trucks Completes Autonomous Testing in Winter Conditions
Embark Trucks, has announced the successful completion of on-road testing in snowy conditions in Montana. Embark Trucks say they...
- May 2, 2022
Video Documentary, The Volkswagen ID. Buzz: How The Electric Microbus Was Created.
The development team at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Passenger Cars has created and developed the VW ID.Buzz for over...
- Apr 1, 2022
Fully Electric 3 Door Mini in Winter Driving Dynamics Tests, Lapland.
The new MINI is currently undergoing its driving dynamics tests at the BMW Group's winter test centre in Arjeplog, Sweden. The new...
- Apr 1, 2022
All-Electric Rolls-Royce Spectre Concludes Winter Testing 55km from Arctic Circle.
All-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre concludes winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle. Temperatures at the Bespoke facility in Arjeplog,...
- Mar 30, 2022
Ford F-150 Lightning in Extreme Hot and Cold Towing Tests
Ford engineers took their first all-electric F-Series to two of America’s toughest real-world towing routes during development – Davis...
- Mar 22, 2022
Volta Trucks Concludes Extreme Winter Testing.
Volta Trucks, has concluded a rigorous regime of vehicle tests on their full-electric Volta Zero Truck. The Truck will go into series...
- Mar 16, 2022
Mercedes-Benz eEconic. Final Endurance Tests Before Start of Series Production.
At icy temperatures down to -25°C, development engineers from Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks tested the eEconic e-truck intended for...
- Mar 14, 2022
Turkey’s Togg Tests E-SUV in Extreme Winter Conditions
Turkey’s first domestic, fully electric car has been put through extreme winter testing. Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (Togg),...
- Mar 11, 2022
Final Winter Testing of the BMW iX5-Hydrogen.
The BMW iX5 Hydrogen is currently undergoing a demanding testing programme in extremely challenging weather conditions at the BMW Group’s...
- Mar 3, 2022
Extreme Weather & Cold Testing of Ford All-Electric F-150 in Alaska.
Ford engineers have spent two weeks in the heart of Alaska in minus 30-degree temperatures to continue fine-tuning the F-150® Lightning™...
- Feb 22, 2022
Volvo’s Electric Trucks, Tested in Extreme Winter Weather
Volvo says its electric truck must perform flawlessly in any climate. So the company tests their trucks in extreme weather conditions to...
- Feb 14, 2022
Winter Endurance Tests for the Next Generation eSprinter
Mercedes-Benz Vans tests all of its electric vans in extreme climatic conditions such as snowy and icy roadways, in cutting winds, and...
- Feb 9, 2022
Polestar 2 Testing in Jokkmokk
Polestar have released footage and images of recent Polestar 2 tests over the snow and ice of Jokkmokk. The company led by test engineer...
- Jan 27, 2022
Extreme Winter Testing of Maserati Grecale
Winter Testing of the Maserati Grecale prototype vehicles took place in Sweden, where they expressed their maximum power in extreme...
- Dec 14, 2021
Volvo Engineering Team, Testing E-trucks in Extreme Winter Weather
Volvo Trucks has released images and a film of how they tested it´s electric trucks in extremely cold weather close to the Arctic Circle....
- Dec 1, 2021
BMW i7 undergoes driving dynamics testing at the polar circle.
BMW i7 Prototypes, complete final testing of their drive and suspension systems at the BMW Group winter-test centre in Arjeplog, Sweden....
- Aug 12, 2021
Extreme Testing with Robot Drivers at FORD´s Weather Factory.
Ford offers rare access inside its state-of-the-art Weather Factory. Although, the facility is used to simulate a range of extreme...
- Mar 22, 2021
Tanner Foust puts the next-generation Golf R to the test at Smithers Winter Test Center in Michigan’
Volkswagen R ambassador Tanner Foust puts the next-generation Golf R to the test at Smithers Winter Test Center in Michigan’s Upper...
- Mar 17, 2021
Faraday Future FF 91 Completes Winter Testing Activities in Michigan and Minnesota
Faraday Future, a California-based global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, announced that it recently completed its second...
- Mar 15, 2021
Rimac C_Two Extreme Weather Testing
The Rimac C_Two is in the final stages of its homologation program, making sure it’s ready for every extreme it could face; engineers...
- Mar 12, 2021
Upcoming Mercedes-AMG SL on a final winter development drive
Almost 70 years since the launch of the first Mercedes Benz SL300, the SL's latest eighth-generation is entering the home straight of its...
- Mar 11, 2021
The MC20 unleashing its power in the snow.
Maserati has been putting their brand new MC20 supercar through its paces, the MC20 is engaged in a series of reliability tests that take...
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