LHP’s new High Voltage EV Testing Center consists of four major areas; Dyno Loading System, High Voltage Skateboard (SKB), Automated Test Equipment (ATE), and Telematics and Analytics.
A converted Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicle to create an Electric Vehicle (EV) testing platform. Tests will be performed by the ATE with a Dyno in the loop. The SKB will allow customer components and subsystems to be installed for robust integration and testing.
Standards & Regulations - EVs and infrastructure are evolving quickly. Standards for EVs, Safety and Cybersecurity are continuously evolving. Interpreting those standards and prototyping for real-world scenarios can be done inside our High Voltage EV Testing Center.
AUTOSAR & MBD - Exponential growth of software in next-generation vehicles makes it impossible to effectively launch without a modeling & simulation environment, along with a standardized code structure.
ALM - The process used to develop, validate, and release EV software—combined with the complexities of Standards & Regs.—requires a workflow and set of tools that are scalable and integrated for a global organization.
Tools & Equipment - Hybrid and Electric vehicles and components require specialized tools and equipment for development, operations, and maintenance.
Advanced Analytics & Data Integration - The commercialization of vehicles beyond low-volume prototypes requires specialized integration of engineering ops and field data to provide the correct insights and decision-making tools.
Input: Includes the black box/subsystem, along with the identified requirements.
Output: We modify ATE for a customer’s EV.
Use Case: The customer wants us to test an electric converter/ABS. They give us their inverter/ABS; we replace our SKB inverter/ABS with their inverter/ABS; they give us the desired requirements, then we develop software scripting and conduct test cases and give them a report based on the results.
Use Case: The customer has a powertrain that is too big for LHP's SKB. Our team will hook up our ATE and Bench Top HIL in order to run tests on their powertrain. LHP will modify the hardware and test their equipment.
The value: LHP can offer VCU testing in conjunction with a HIL; That HIL can be a desktop or full-sized version. Then we will give the customer a report based on the results.
Input: includes the customer EV, along with the identified requirements.
Output: We modify ATE for a customer’s EV.
Use Case: If a customer wants us to test an electric converter/ABS/EV we replace our SKB and interfaced to our ATE; then we develop software scripting and conduct test cases and give them a report based on the results.
This can be conducted with modified SKB [Component/Subsystem] or customer EV
This can be done with simulated road conditions and vehicle loads (Dyno) or in real-life conditions.
We can perform some basic road-testing; wireless is being set up as well, enabling a farther distance for road testing.
This is non-autonomous activity, so this would still include a driver.