Designing and developing all battery electric aircraft is no small feat. To lift a vehicle into the air, you have to deal with and overcome the force of gravity. Conventional approaches have taken a long time to develop, and aviation engineering has a rich history. Learning from the past has isolated two major challenges for the future. One is that batteries must be energy dense and able to withstand heavy discharge. The other is powerful and fast yet lightweight electric motors to power the take-off and landing of the aircraft.
Battery Test Systems
Modern electric powertrains place high demands on batteries. They have to provide high power and energy for a long time and handle extremely dynamic charging and discharging processes without any problems. To support battery development tasks, we provide the right tools with AVL Battery Test Systems. These "plug-and-play" solutions are stand-alone or containerized battery testbeds that can be delivered as a turnkey solution, ready to use, without the need for further customization. It enables fast and rigorous development and validation for any type of battery and ensure a high return on investment.
E-Motor Test Systems
Drivetrains for aircraft and other airborne vehicles can use a variety of electric motor technologies, such as permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), asynchronous motors (ASM), or electrically excited synchronous motors (EESM). Add to this new inverter technologies such as Silicon Carbide (SiC), and the complexity of developing and testing e-powertrain systems becomes apparent. AVL has a broad portfolio of dedicated e-motor test systems, software, tools and processes to test and validate these advanced e-powertrain systems in the shortest possible time while ensuring highest quality standards.
Inverter Test Systems
The inverter is very complex, and its behavior and handling influence the vehicle experience significantly. Therefore, it needs to be tested and developed without further influences of other components. That is why a dedicated test system (TS) is required which enables the testing of the inverter – independently from the e-motor and already in an early development phase. Such an optimized testing environment results in an efficient verification process and shorter time needed compared to the testing of the Unit Under Test (UUT) in a real-world prototype vehicle. → Learn more
Testbed Automation with AVL PUMA 2™
Our leading automation system is easily extendable to suit modern testing methods and ensures consistent and transparent testbed configuration. AVL PUMA 2™ provides an easy way to configure testbed parameters while offering the unique opportunity of immediate validation. When used in the office, AVL PUMA 2™ enables a considerable part of the testbed configuration work to be frontloaded. This reduces testbed downtime and maximizes the output and efficiency of complex calibration tasks. → Learn more
The aviation industry is currently facing great opportunities in the form of urban air mobility. With our solutions and test systems, you can speed up development, and realize a shorter time to market.”
– Sascha Heinecke, Director Sales Industry Solutions, AVL List GmbH
For battery (module/pack) testing, we offer complete test systems, stand-alone equipment, or even entire turnkey test labs.
AVL´s intuitive automation system for battery testing, from cell to module and pack.
The best-in-class automation system for e-motor testing.
AVL has a wide portfolio consisting of dedicated e-motor test systems, software, tools, and processes to test and validate these modern e-drive systems in shortest time and with highest quality standards.
The inverter is very complex, and its behavior and handling influence the driving experience significantly. It needs to be tested and developed without further influences of other components. Learn more about our test system (TS) for inverter.
AVL PUMA 2™ Inverter is a comprehensive automation system for inverter testing, offering everything you need in one place
Fuel cell technologies have come a long way in the last decades through multiple innovation cycles. With AVL Fuel Cell Test Systems we are supporting our customers with proven solutions in every step of their development cycle. AVL’s deep technology and application expertise in testing solutions and strategic partnerships are making our know-how available to new and existing markets. The range of solutions is covering all testing needs from cell, stack to system testing and are supporting the entire development of fuel cell technologies.
AVL’s comprehensive worldwide network of experts allows best customer vicinity, ensuring consistent and connecting testing fields globally. Wherever your R&D challenges take you, we are always close at hand, ready to provide the service you need.
> 70
years of experience
> 5000
employees worldwide for testing solutions
> 30
countries covered by the global network
> 7000
testbeds installed worldwide
> 80
turnkey projects
AVL List GmbH received the Global EcoVision Award from WKÖ in the presence of Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer, Federal Minister Martin Kocher, and WKÖ President Harald Mahrer for the achievements in Hungary.
What kind of cars will we be driving in the future? These and other exciting questions around the topic of "Future Mobility" were addressed by more than 1,000 participants from 25 countries at the international 44th Vienna Motor Symposium. The tenor: Future automobiles will be CO2-neutral.
For his services, Prof. Helmut List was today awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Graz.
AVL generated 1.86 billion Euros in turnover last year – Eleven percent flows into research and development – 60 percent of the turnover is already generated by new technologies.