The American Center for Mobility (ACM), a testing, education and product development facility for future mobility in Michigan, has extended its cooperation with Siemens PLM. The new agreement means that Siemens will supply US$1m in ITS infrastructure software, and engineering support to ACM.

“This expanded partnership with Siemens enables ACM to be outfitted with the best infrastructure and applications to benefit our testers,” said Soraya Kim, chief innovation officer of the American Center for Mobility.

“Our goal is to provide our testers the means for exhaustive validation methodologies and comprehensive regulations for the safe deployment of connected vehicle technologies – something I am confident this extended partnership accomplishes.”

“Michigan has done an incredible job of ensuring its position as a leading technology hub for future transportation solutions, and the American Center for Mobility is an important cornerstone of that effort,” explained Marcus Welz, CEO of Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems.

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FCA has invested more than US$30m in a new part of Chelsea Proving Grounds in southeast Michigan to test AV and ADAS technology. The new facility, which includes a dedicated autonomous highway-speed track, a 140,000m² safety-feature evaluation area and a 600m² command center, will start operations later this month.

In addition to the dedicated tracks, the facility has V2I communication, facility control and monitoring, and test vehicle support. In addition to AV and ADAS technology, it will be used to test advanced safety technology and to assess how vehicles will perform in third-party safety ratings such as the IIHS, US NCAP and Euro NCAP.

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