Geely Global Safety Centre Tour
Australian motoring experts visiting China for Beijing Auto Show had an inside look at the recently opened Geely Global Safety Centre, located in Ningbo, 2 hours southeast of Geely’s headquarters in Hangzhou.
The tour included a live crash test and took media through several testing areas, including:
- Dummy lab
- Altitude climatic wind tunnel
- Precision measurement lab
- All-weather environment simulation area
- Sled lab
- Vehicle crash lab
The Geely Global Safety Centre, which spans an area of 45,000 square metres, holds 5 world records.
- Largest (81,930.745 m²) automotive safety laboratory
- Longest (293.39 meters) indoor car crash test track
- Largest (28,536.224 m²) altitude-climate adjustable (snow/rain/solar radiation simulation) wind tunnel (250km/h max wind speed) facility for car testing
- Largest (12,709.293 m²) arbitrary-angle (0-180°) car crash test zone
- Most tests (27 types) available in an automaker safety test laboratory.
The facility covers the full spectrum of global safety testing, from high-speed crash tests and pedestrian protection, to active safety simulations, battery and new energy powertrain safety, cybersecurity, and health-related safety evaluations.
Read more about the Geely Global Safety Centre here