BMW reveals new development site used to test autonomous driving in Sokolov
01 Aug 2022|1,695 views
BMW has deployed two new test areas in Central Europe. The company is presenting the first two track sections for testing autonomous vehicles and assistance systems to guests from politics and the media at the new BMW Group Future Mobility Centre in Sokolov in the Czech Republic. Electrification, digitalisation and automated driving will be developed at the site.
The $423 million investment in Sokolov facility is expected to be fully operational by mid-2023 and will have more than 100 employees working on site.
The New Technology Area, an approximately 90,000m2 homologation-capable area with three separate run-up tracks, provides optimal conditions for testing assistance systems and behaviour in cross traffic as well as emergency braking and evasive situations.
Not far away from the New Technology Area is the six-kilometre Autonomous Driving Highway, a motorway-style circuit with on and off-ramp scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles on motorways. The test motorway has been equipped with two functional lanes and an emergency stop lane as well as gantries and a straight stretch measuring over 1,000m.
The $423 million investment in Sokolov facility is expected to be fully operational by mid-2023 and will have more than 100 employees working on site.
The New Technology Area, an approximately 90,000m2 homologation-capable area with three separate run-up tracks, provides optimal conditions for testing assistance systems and behaviour in cross traffic as well as emergency braking and evasive situations.
Not far away from the New Technology Area is the six-kilometre Autonomous Driving Highway, a motorway-style circuit with on and off-ramp scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles on motorways. The test motorway has been equipped with two functional lanes and an emergency stop lane as well as gantries and a straight stretch measuring over 1,000m.
BMW has deployed two new test areas in Central Europe. The company is presenting the first two track sections for testing autonomous vehicles and assistance systems to guests from politics and the media at the new BMW Group Future Mobility Centre in Sokolov in the Czech Republic. Electrification, digitalisation and automated driving will be developed at the site.
The $423 million investment in Sokolov facility is expected to be fully operational by mid-2023 and will have more than 100 employees working on site.
The New Technology Area, an approximately 90,000m2 homologation-capable area with three separate run-up tracks, provides optimal conditions for testing assistance systems and behaviour in cross traffic as well as emergency braking and evasive situations.
Not far away from the New Technology Area is the six-kilometre Autonomous Driving Highway, a motorway-style circuit with on and off-ramp scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles on motorways. The test motorway has been equipped with two functional lanes and an emergency stop lane as well as gantries and a straight stretch measuring over 1,000m.
The $423 million investment in Sokolov facility is expected to be fully operational by mid-2023 and will have more than 100 employees working on site.
The New Technology Area, an approximately 90,000m2 homologation-capable area with three separate run-up tracks, provides optimal conditions for testing assistance systems and behaviour in cross traffic as well as emergency braking and evasive situations.
Not far away from the New Technology Area is the six-kilometre Autonomous Driving Highway, a motorway-style circuit with on and off-ramp scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles on motorways. The test motorway has been equipped with two functional lanes and an emergency stop lane as well as gantries and a straight stretch measuring over 1,000m.
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