JUNGLE TO ALPS
A new $750,000 lest chamber is being used by Ford of Europe to check vehicle emissions, performance and fuel consumption over a variety of simulated routes. I'he car being tested runs on a dynamometer, and the temperature, air pressure and humidity in the room can be adjusted to simulate conditions ranging from .steaming jungles to the
could, thin air of a Swiss alpine pass The “driving programme for the car—the number and timing of gear-changes and brake applications, and the “steepness" ot the road —is produced by a computer The computer also monitors and controls exhaust gas-analysing equipment, and processes all the data from the test.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34046, 9 January 1976, Page 5
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109JUNGLE TO ALPS Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34046, 9 January 1976, Page 5
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