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01-02-2014, 04:13 PM
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Anyone who's bought one of those old school metal shift knobs knows they're really cool until they sit in a parking lot in the sun for a few hours. Then they're not cool at all. Likewise, features such as the aluminum dash on the 2015 Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) can be all kinds of neat right up until the sun hits it just the right way and sends shards of blinding light through the cabin. The Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) Visual Performance and Evaluation Lab is where engineers figure out how to make sure that doesn't happen.
Cars like said Mustang are parked inside the 30-foot reflecting dome under 6,000 watts of lights that can mimic the sun at any time of day and in any weather condition. Engineers can then spend cold, overcast days inside, testing for interior legibility, glare and reflections on every interior and exterior surface as if it were bright and sunny. They can also learn how a car's sheetmetal and colors will look out of doors, all year round.
Ford showed off the lighting lab (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhpi99ab0iQ) without the music and interviews three years ago when the Explorer was being prepared. You can watch it at work again in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/12/31/how-fords-light-lab-keeps-the-sun-shining-on-the-new-mustang-ju/#continued), and read about it in the press release below that.Continue reading How Ford's light lab keeps the sun shining on the new Mustang just right [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/02/ford-light-lab-new-mustang-video/)
How Ford's light lab keeps the sun shining on the new Mustang just right [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/02/ford-light-lab-new-mustang-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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Anyone who's bought one of those old school metal shift knobs knows they're really cool until they sit in a parking lot in the sun for a few hours. Then they're not cool at all. Likewise, features such as the aluminum dash on the 2015 Ford Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/mustang/) can be all kinds of neat right up until the sun hits it just the right way and sends shards of blinding light through the cabin. The Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) Visual Performance and Evaluation Lab is where engineers figure out how to make sure that doesn't happen.
Cars like said Mustang are parked inside the 30-foot reflecting dome under 6,000 watts of lights that can mimic the sun at any time of day and in any weather condition. Engineers can then spend cold, overcast days inside, testing for interior legibility, glare and reflections on every interior and exterior surface as if it were bright and sunny. They can also learn how a car's sheetmetal and colors will look out of doors, all year round.
Ford showed off the lighting lab (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhpi99ab0iQ) without the music and interviews three years ago when the Explorer was being prepared. You can watch it at work again in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/12/31/how-fords-light-lab-keeps-the-sun-shining-on-the-new-mustang-ju/#continued), and read about it in the press release below that.Continue reading How Ford's light lab keeps the sun shining on the new Mustang just right [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/02/ford-light-lab-new-mustang-video/)
How Ford's light lab keeps the sun shining on the new Mustang just right [w/video] (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/02/ford-light-lab-new-mustang-video/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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