The Ohio State University

Facilities

Take a closer look at CAR projects related to electric and hybrid vehicles (movie)

Virtual Tour of CAR (Movie)

Overview

The CAR facility encompasses 35,000 square feet of offices, laboratories, and high bay garage areas.
The high bay area includes:

• State-of-the-art engine test cells:
  • 200hp DC Dynamometer Engine Test Cell
    
  • 300hp AC Dynamometer Engine Test Cell
    
  • Dual 1,000hp DC Dynamometer Test Bed
    
  • Hemi-Anechoic Chamber with 150hp DC Dynamometer
    
  • Horiba Emission Bench with dual
    measurement analyzers
    
  • Battery Aging Lab
    
  • Energy Storage Lab
    
  • Fuel Cell Lab
  • Computer Cluster

  

• State-of-the-art research facilities and equipment:
  • Flow lab
  • Acoustics lab
  • Combustion facilities
  • Exhaust analysis systems (diesel and gasoline)
  • Hardware-in-the-loop control systems
  • Intelligent Transportation garage
  • Wireless networking 802.11b/g implemented by Windtalk

• Future additions to CAR:
  • Double ended electric traction test cell
  • Fuel cell lab with highly sophisticated instrumentation
  • AC/DC electric storage & propulsion lab
  • Low power electric storage & propulsion lab