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It is the most extreme crash test ever executed by Volvo Cars, and a crucial one. Extrication specialists often use cars crashed at the Volvo Cars Safety Centre to hone their life-saving skills. To allow rescue services to prepare for any possible crash scenario and to simulate the forces that erupt in the most extreme crashes, beyond what can be simulated with ordinary crash testing, Volvo Cars recently took equally extreme measures. For the first time, it dropped several new Volvos multiple times from a crane, from a height of 30 metres. This approach helped create enough damage to adequately simulate the damage found in the most extreme crash scenarios: think of single-car accidents at very high speed, accidents whereby a car hits a truck at high speed, or accidents whereby a car takes a severe hit from the side.
Bangkok, Oct 8 (EFE/EPA).- A Bombardier Innovia APM 300 driverless rubber-tyred electric train service underwent a test run Thursday in Bangkok.Thailand is preparing to open Bangkok's first driverless Automated People Mover (APM) mass transit system operated by the Bombardier Innovia APM 300 self-driving rubber-tyred electric train imported from China in an effort to improve public transportation, hoping to reduce the capital's heavy traffic congestion. The 2.75 kilometre monorail route, also known as Gold Line is scheduled to begin operating in December 2020 and expected to serve about 42,000 commuters daily. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT)SHOT LIST: THE BOMBARDIER INNOVIA APM 300 UNDERGOING A TEST RUN IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Dozens of cars line up at a COVID-19 drive-through test site in Miami as coronavirus cases surge in the southern US state of Florida. IMAGES
Rodin Cars has completed a significant upgrade to its test-tracks; widening Stage 2 from 7 metres to 10 metres, the construction of a 130 meter radius high speed turn on Stage 3 and a full resurfacing of both tracks. JCL Asphalt was contracted to undertake this significant project, which is part of the continued development of the New Zealand South Island automotive manufacturing facilities. The Test Track Facility is divided into three stages. Stage 1 consists of a 30m radius skid-pad used to fine-tune the balance of a car’s handling. The second stage is an undulating 2,350m 12-turn circuit of dips, blind crests and varying cambers. Finally, Stage 3 is made up of a fast, flat and deceptively challenging 2,438m circuit of seven turns and a 900m straight upon which the Rodin FZED has achieved speeds approaching 300km/h. Stage 2 has now been widened to 10m to allow for a better driver experience.
Championship-winning Acura-powered drivers Ricky Taylor and Trent Hindman are no strangers to high-tech, high-performance Acura racing machines, but neither had driven the other’s class of IMSA race car. With a shared desire to try different equipment, each racer made the most of a unique opportunity to swap seats in the Acura ARX-05 DPi and Acura NSX GT3 Evo. Their candid experiences are captured in a new video from Acura, debuting today.
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