Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated what it calls the most advanced light testing centre in the global automotive industry, further expanding the extensive capabilities of its Global Proving Ground in Immendingen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly opened facility, which spans 135 metres in length and stands eight metres high, allows the company to test cutting-edge headlight systems under fully controlled, repeatable conditions \u2014 entirely independent of time of day, weather, or environmental variables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the heart of the new centre is a meticulously recreated 135-metre country road, complete with a specially engineered asphalt surface designed to mimic the reflective qualities of aged pavement. The facility can test up to five vehicles simultaneously, including simulated oncoming traffic and preceding vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investment in the light testing centre totals 10.5 million euros<\/strong>, with construction taking two years to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Immendingen Test and Technology Centre is the first digitised Mercedes-Benz proving ground \u2014 here, real and virtual vehicle testing merge seamlessly,\u201d said Markus Sch\u00e4fer<\/strong>, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Chief Technology Officer, Development & Purchasing. \u201cBy digitally mapping the proving ground, using automated test programmes and employing state-of-the-art sensor technology, we are making vehicle development more efficient, faster and more sustainable than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated what it calls the most advanced light testing centre in the global automotive industry, further expanding the extensive capabilities of its Global Proving Ground in Immendingen. The newly opened facility, which spans 135 metres in length and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,54,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16456,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16453\/revisions\/16456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}