Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
Real-World Winter Weather Testing Centre of Excellence
Equipment testing under real world conditions in Thompson, Manitoba (Canada) is your customers assurance that your vehicle will handle all that nature can do. With an average 240 days a year of sub-zero temperatures, and up to six months of snow cover, Thompson is a premier centre for winter weather testing because of :
- Average number of consistent sub-zero days per year (240)
- Electricity abundant and affordable
- Local infrastructure (including hospital, all-season paved road, rail, retail stores, etc.)
- Convenient and affordable air service into and out of Thompson
- Abundant water
- Choice between the type of road surface to test on; including gravel, paved and winter roads located close to Thompson. In addition, ice forms early on local lakes and grows to great thicknesses to easily support vehicle weights in January, February and March of each year.
- Existing cold weather testing cluster of automotive manufacturers with long histories of successfully testing in Thompson
When you test in Thompson, you are guaranteed consistently cold temperatures for long periods of time. You are guaranteed snow, freezing rain, and ice. You have available many miles (kilometers) of ice-covered, snow-packed, gravel, paved, rough or smooth roads as testing surfaces. That includes potholes, washboard and heaving permafrost. So if a vehicle starts and works here, it will start and work anywhere.
You will also have the infrastructure and amenities you need for a successful testing program. You and/or your equipment can affordably and conveniently travel here by road, rail or by regularly scheduled plane. You will be supported with all the high-tech, high-speed internet and communications services you need, and by a variety of retail and mechanical businesses, hotels, and restaurants. You will have Thompson Unlimited as a liaison to ensure you have a productive testing experience. To learn more about what your competitors already know, visit www.thompsonsubzero.ca.
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