Automotive Research & Testing Center
The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC; Chinese: 車輛研究測試中心) is a government funded non-profit automotive research facility located in Changhua County, Taiwan.
Research institute | |
Industry | Automotive, Research |
Founded | 1990 |
Headquarters | , |
Website | www.artc.org.tw |
History
ARTC was founded in 1990 under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.[1]
ARTC is one of the founding members of Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC) which was established in mid-2005.[2]
Facilities
ARTC's main testing facility in Changhua has twelve different test tracks on 119 hectares of land.[3]
Research
Among Taiwanese research institutes ARTC takes the lead on automotive intelligence, especially the development of electronics systems.[4] In 2015 a team conducted research at ARTC on the augmentation of GNSS with laser ranging.[5] ARTC is involved with the development of an autonomous light bus[6] which was unveiled in September 2019. Named Winbus the platform performs at SAE Level 4 – High automation.[7]
See also
References
- "Introduction". artc.org.tw. ARTC. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- Yoshida, Junko. "Is Foxconn Ready for Cars?". eetimes.com. AspenCore, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Overview". artc.org.tw. ARTC. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- Jacobs, Frank. "Taiwan, the unsung hero of automotive innovation". globalfleet.com. Nexus Communication S.A. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- Shang-Lin Yu and Shun-Hung Chen, Jyh-Ching Juang. "Laser ranging plus GNSS". gpsworld.com. GPS World. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- Patton, Eli. "Taiwan's Automotive Research & Testing Center to Build Autonomous Vehicles Locally". bnext.com.tw. Business Next Publishing Corp. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- Liao, George. "Taiwan unveils 1st homegrown self-driving electric minibus". www.taiwannews.com.tw. Taiwan News. Retrieved 15 September 2019.