Automotive testing solutions

Automotive testing ensures that stringent vehicle safety, reliability, and performance standards are met. It puts full vehicles, components, and systems through a series of laboratory, virtual and ’real-world’ safety assessments. These tests are increasingly important due to new safety and sustainability regulations. Automotive testing is a requirement for accessing global automotive markets and manufacturers must show they have put their product through rigorous assessment. The evolution of global standards necessitates continuous testing methodology updates to ensure compliance.

As vehicle technologies advance, particularly with the integration of automated and connected functionalities, the complexity of testing protocols also continues to grow. Testing covers a wide range of vehicle features, from individual components analysis and emissions testing, to buzz, squeak and rattle tests, crash simulations and extensive automotive electronics testing.

TÜV SÜD is your trusted partner in ensuring the overall safety and performance of your automotive products, components and systems. We offer a complete suite of testing services that evaluates compliance with industry standards to ensure successful entry to your target markets.

Automotive testing solutions, including vehicle component testing, help you to identify faults early in the development phase. This proactive approach not only prevents costly product recalls and saves money but also enhances the development of new automated mobility technologies. Ensuring safety from the early stages of development is crucial in bringing these innovations to reality.

In addition, the rapid incorporation of electronic and automated technologies in vehicles introduces new testing dimensions. This includes cybersecurity and software reliability, which traditional automotive testing protocols may not cover. Ensuring the safety and functionality of these new technologies before they reach the market poses a considerable automotive testing challenge.

To enter global markets, automotive manufacturers need to ensure compliance with relevant global regulations and standards by subjecting their products to rigorous safety assessments. These requirements vary not only by country but also by vehicle type, increasing the complexity of testing. An independent service provider like TÜV SÜD, with our global network of laboratories, can be your trusted partner to ensure the safety and quality of your products through thorough testing, supporting you throughout the process.

With over 100 years of experience in the automotive industry. we can provide in-depth expertise and knowledge for all your automotive testing needs. Our state-of-the-art and ISO accredited testing facilities are located near major automotive development centres worldwide to offer you local support.

We offer a comprehensive suite of automotive testing services that support the entire lifecycle of automotive products, from development through to certification. We evaluate your automotive systems and components for compliance with industry standards, as well as regulatory requirements in almost every major market in the world.

TÜV SÜD offers a range of various testing, type approval, and certification services for most types of vehicles, automotive systems, and components:

• Cybersecurity assessment for road vehicles
• Automated vehicles assessment using scenario-based testing
• Battery testing
• Emissions and fuel efficiency testing
• Automotive virtual testing for passive safety
• Side sled testing with active lateral intrusion simulation (ALIS)
• Dynamic component testing: Crash test simulation with sled tests
• LED retrofit testing for vehicle lights
• Buzz, squeak, and rattle testing
• Electronics testing
• Fuel tank and component testing
• Interior & exterior component testing
• Tyre testing
• Wheel testing
• Hydrogen component testing