Geely launches record-breaking auto testing center

Geely Safety Center in Ningbo spans an area of 45,000 square meters. [Photo by Geely Auto Group/WeChat account: nbfb0574]

Geely Auto Group unveiled the Geely Safety Center in Qianwan New District, Ningbo, a world-leading facility for automotive safety research and testing.

The center holds five Guinness World Records. It is the largest automotive safety laboratory in the world, featuring extensive facilities for testing both conventional and new energy vehicles.

It has the longest indoor vehicle crash track, stretching 293.39 meters and capable of variable-angle collisions, rollovers, barrier impacts, and pre-braking tests that simulate real-world accidents.

The center also boasts the largest automotive environmental wind tunnel, which can recreate extreme conditions including temperatures from -20 C to 0 C, altitudes up to 5,200 meters, winds up to 250 kilometers per hour, and natural rain, snow, and high-temperature scenarios.

Additionally, it features the largest variable-angle crash test area, allowing impacts from 0 to 180 degrees for testing electric vehicles, assisted-driving systems, and rollover scenarios. It is recognized as the automotive safety laboratory with the most comprehensive testing functions in the world, offering 27 major functions covering passenger and commercial vehicles, and meeting safety standards in China, Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia.

Specialized labs support passive safety, active safety, digital security, rescue systems, and in-vehicle health assessment. Key facilities include crash sled testing, pedestrian protection, precision 3D scanning, assisted-driving simulation, eCall emergency testing, connected vehicle cybersecurity, and interior air quality evaluation.

Now fully operational, Geely Safety Center is sharing its cutting-edge safety technologies across the automotive industry.