Chery to build Asia's largest auto test & tech center

Shanghai, June 12 (Gasgoo.com) An insider from Chery Auto revealed to the media that in late June the largest auto test and technology center in Asia will be built and put into operation at Chery.

As a crucial part of Chery's "technology intensive farming" of its "intensive farming 2010" strategy, this auto test center will be the incubator for Chery's future new technology and new product and enable the technology level and quality of its products to take a big leap forward.

An official from Chery said that Chery Automobile Test & Technology Center is mainly responsible for testing and verifying new products and providing upgrading and verifying support for the products in the production process.

It is said that the design standards of Chery Automobile Test & Technology Center are completely in accordance with European standards. After completion, the center will include seven sections for testing the vehicle, crash safety, NVH (noise and vibration), emissions, powertrain, spare parts and materials. With EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) and environmental wind tunnel test capabilities added to the former seven sections, the center will eventually cover all aspects of vehicle testing capacity as the same kind of testing center in Europe.

An expert said that without a first-level technical testing center, the domestic enterprises with independent brands have no access to complete innovative and sustainable development ability.

The completion of Chery Automobile Test & Technology Center will not only enhance its ability of independent innovation, break the foreign monopoly on certain technologies, but is of great significance in improving the Chinese auto industry's competitive ability in the international market.