Ford has selected Prodrive as a preferred supplier for its UK-based engine-testing services. Prodrive will run the contract from its test facility in Milton Keynes, where it has 25 engine dynamometer test cells as well as a vehicle emission facility.
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Previously, Ford worked with around a dozen companies, including Prodrive, to fulfil its testing requirements. Now the work will be consolidated and split between three individual companies in the UK. Prodrive will be handling thermal shock, performance and economy (P and E) and durability testing, as well as catalyst ageing projects for Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and Aston Martin.
“We have been working with Ford for more than 20 years,” said David Morgan Prodrive Test Technology director. “I think this preferred supplier status is the best indication of the high level of service and accuracy of testing we have been able to provide Ford and its Premier Automotive Group companies over this period.”
The Milton Keynes test facility has seen over £3 million of investment to provide the dynamic dynamometer test cells capable of handling vehicle emissions drive cycle simulation and state of the art automated engine management system test bed calibration. The investments also provided nearly £1 million of new diesel test equipment to meet the rising demand for this type of work.
