Nissan builds New High-Speed track in Japan
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., announced that the 8.1km high-speed test track at its Hokkaido Proving Ground in Rikubetsu, Ashoro, is completed. The new track cost about $27.52 million and allows for speeds of more than 300km/h.
The executive vice president and head of research and development at Nissan, Mitsuhiko Yamashita, said that Nissan would now be able to conduct comprehensive vehicle testing, from ordinary road driving to ultra high-speed driving. It will allow them to further improve on the quality and performance of their vehicles.
With a land area of 7.05 million square metres, The Hokkaido Proving Ground is Nissan’s largest vehicle testing facility in Japan and with temperatures dropping to minus 15 degrees centigrade during winter, Rikubetsu provides the right climate for cold-weather testing. Nissan will use the track to research driver behaviour, intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and other driver support systems, as well as vehicle behaviour at ultra high speeds.
The Hokkaido Proving Ground track consists of country roads, up and downhill roads, straight roads, dirt circuit track and an off-road test track, making it one of the world’s best vehicle-testing tracks. Nissan has three other testing facilities in Japan and a 12.34 square metre high-speed circuit in Arizona in the US.
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