Rapid technologies have shaken up today’s world. Telecommunication, for instance, has progressed from telegraph to telephone, from copper wires to fiber optics, from analogue to digital, from wireless to satellite. Now it seems that we are at the start of a revolution in the automotive industry. Petrol-powered cars will probably soon become a thing of the past. FEV Dauerlaufprüfzentrum GmbH (DLP) is constantly facing new challenges – they open up new opportunities for the durability test center.