The AVL Vehicle Powertrain Test System enables full vehicle testing under various environmental conditions. Wheel hub dynamometers apply realistic, road-like loads based on a vehicle dynamics model, allowing highly accurate and repeatable test scenarios – even during dynamic maneuvers.
Direct torque measurement at each hub provides deep insights into energy flow and losses, enabling a detailed analysis of the vehicle’s overall energy consumption.
To ensure maximum efficiency, the system integrates the AVL PUMA 2™ automation platform and AVL EMCON 6™ inverter control. Together, they deliver precise, synchronized data acquisition across all subsystems – supporting a wide range of test cases with high accuracy and reliability.
Standards Compliance
Rigorous testing standards for energy consumption and driving range.
Rising
Complexity
Sophisticated testing procedures and equipment are needed.
Interconnected Systems
Combined optimization of mechanical and electrical subsystems is mandatory to achieve vehicle target.
Productivity and Efficiency
Testing processes must be productive and efficient to meet development timelines.
Ready for the Future
All set for broader range of environmental and driving conditions.
Vehicle Powertrain Testing
for Light-Duty
Developing EVs requires adapting the validation process from component to system level. Integrating the powertrain, battery and other components, as well as the different control units, into the vehicle poses challenges. The AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ – Light-Duty simulates real-world driving conditions, enabling functions, modules, and components to be tested in interaction. Dynamic wheel dynamometers with direct torque measurement emulate any route or road condition. AVL PUMA 2™ enables automated and safe vehicle operation by monitoring safety limits. The AVL X-Rig™ Pallet minimizes vehicle changeover time and increases testbed productivity.
Vehicle Powertrain Testing
for Heavy-Duty On-Road
The final validation of newly developed powertrains must always be performed in the vehicle itself, in their final operational environment, including analysis of electric range and thermal performance. On-road testing can be inefficient and costly. AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ – Heavy-Duty provides a flexible testing environment for trucks and buses (2WD to 4WD) and enables front-loading of powertrain solutions without the chassis. This allows earlier development, reduces cost and time, and supports system-level validation. AVL PUMA 2™ and AVL Virtual Studio ensure efficient test execution and realistic vehicle simulation.
Vehicle Powertrain Testing
for Heavy-Duty Off-Road
The AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ Heavy-Duty Off-Road brings realistic, model-based tractor powertrain development into a fully automated lab environment. By combining real components with virtual driver, vehicle, and environment models, the system reproduces off-road behavior and typical tractor maneuvers such as launch, shuttling, and gear shifts. Adjustable trailer and implement loads enable detailed assessment of drivability and dynamics. With repeatable 24/7 test execution and high-accuracy measurement, it significantly improves calibration efficiency and accelerates validation.
Vehicle Powertrain Testing
for Energy Flow Solutions
Our energy flow solution enhances development efficiency and optimizes vehicle performance through comprehensive testing and validation. It enables detailed evaluation of electrical driving range under various climatic conditions, supports system efficiency assessments, and allows precise analysis of energy management during driving, recuperation, and charging. It also facilitates strategy verification, reproduction of road test scenarios, and failure mode analysis. Additionally, the system supports performance optimization of the electric drive unit (EDU) and thorough testing of electrical auxiliaries and recuperation techniques.
Energy Consumption and Driving Range Optimization
Real world driving under climatic reproducible lab conditions.
High Accuracy
Precise synchronous measurement of speed, torque, temperature, pressure, flow, voltage and current.
Efficient Rigging
Easy and fast rigging and replacement of different vehicles for minimal downtime and highest testing efficiency.
The AVL X-Rig™ enhances the AVL Vehicle Powertrain Testing portfolio with an innovative off-cell vehicle preparation concept. By moving vehicle preparation outside the test cell, it minimizes downtime, accelerates vehicle changeover and maximizes test cell utilization. Integrated with the modular AVL Vehicle Powertrain Test System, the AVL X-Rig™ provides a flexible and cost-efficient solution for complete vehicle and powertrain testing while supporting future validation requirements.
Vehicle powertrain testing is essential for evaluating the complete electric vehicle as an integrated system. It allows us to analyze energy flows across all components, validate thermal strategies, and optimize efficiency and driving range – all under controlled, repeatable, and road-realistic conditions.”
– Klaus Pfeiffer, Systemline Manager Light-Duty, AVL Germany
AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ Light-Duty – Solution Sheet
More efficient than road testing.
AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ Heavy-Duty On-Road – Solution Sheet
One test system for all stages of powertrain development.
AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ Heavy-Duty Off-Road – Solution Sheet
Model-based powertrain testing for realistic off-road development.
AVL Vehicle Powertrain TS™ Energy Flow – Solution Sheet
Whether hot or cold, improve your driving range.
Testing time is valuable. AVL X-Rig™ helps you reduce non-productive testbed occupancy by moving vehicle preparation outside the test cell and enabling fast, repeatable vehicle integration for light- and heavy-duty applications.
Advanced vehicle testing solutions for electric, hybrid and conventional vehicles – from chassis dynamometers and NVH to EMC and powertrain validation. Precise, automated and scalable systems.
AVL Powertrain TS™ is designed to help you manage the complex validation of ICE-driven vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs) – hybrid EVs, plug-in hybrid EVs, battery EVs, and fuel cell EVs – throughout the development process.
AVL PUMA 2™ is the global industry standard for testbed automation. It is suitable for electrified testbed types as well as for conventional test environments.
The market-leading testbed monitoring and control system for a variety of propulsion systems
AVL Virtual Studio is a modular, real‑time virtualization platform that standardizes simulation workflows, improves system‑level integration, and enhances efficiency across SIL, HIL, and testbed environments.
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