A new Ford vehicle testing centre in Nanjing could quicken how fast the company’s products hit Chinese roads.
The Nanjing Test Centre and MakeSpace creative hub represent US$100 million (AU$131 million) investment by the company in the Chinese city, The Detroit News reports.
“Nobody knows the needs of Chinese drivers better than our local engineers,” Trevor Worthington, Ford’s vice president of Asia Pacific product development says.
“The NTC will now allow us to test their designs quickly and easily, reducing time-to-market for future Ford products.”
The new centre has 80 different types of road surfaces conditions, a long test track and emissions testing facility.
Ford intends on exporting more than US$10 billion (AU$14.5 billion) worth of product into the Chinese market in the next three years, according to the Detroit News.
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