The Group is presenting the primary two observe sections for testing autonomous autos and help methods on the new BMW Group Future Mobility Middle in Sokolov, the Czech Republic. On the new check web site, the BMW Group will proceed to advance electrification, digitalization and automatic driving.
The proving floor within the Karlovy Range area is about two-and-a-half hours’ drive from the BMW Group’s primary growth web site, the Analysis and Growth Middle (FIZ), in Munich.
With the launch of the 2 check tracks and an unique perception into its testing operations, the BMW Group will showcase the primary outcomes of its €300-million funding in Sokolov. The testing facility is predicted to be absolutely operational by mid-2023 and could have greater than 100 workers engaged on web site.
The New Know-how Space, an approx. 90,000 m² homologation-capable space with three separate run-up tracks, offers optimum situations for testing help methods and habits in cross site visitors in addition to emergency braking and evasive conditions. The checks are ready and managed from the adjoining management room with non permanent workstations.
Within the quick neighborhood of the New Know-how Space is the six-kilometer Autonomous Driving Freeway, a motorway-style circuit with on- and off-ramp situations for testing autonomous autos on motorways. The check motorway has been geared up with two purposeful lanes and an emergency cease lane in addition to gantries and a straight stretch measuring greater than 1,000 meters.
