Transportation Research Center Inc.

The future of connected and

automated vehicle testing and

standards

TRC Heritage and Genesis

Attract automotive jobs and investment

Attract automotive

research and development

Ohio’s most strategic automotive asset

Attract automotive

industry partners

TRC Today

Largest Independent 1000+ Clients Comprehensive Facilities and Services NHTSA’s Only Research and Test Center Oversight by The OSU

Facilities Highlights

Why proving grounds exist

• Safety of public and test staff

• Confidentiality

• Repeatable assessments/evaluation of vehicles and technologies

Automotive Testing Today

• Product development – noise, ride, handling, durability, emissions, crashworthiness, and fuel economy

• NCAP and compliance testing

• Other test standards • Mainly Safety

Automated and connected vehicle testing

• Scenarios instead of single events

– Multiple vehicles, targets and robots

– Acceleration, stabilization, event and recovery

– Testers need to know position, speed, and headway real time for each actor

– Repeatability is challenging when using human drivers as the inputs to test the machine driver

• Proving grounds can’t replicate all of the environments necessary

• Infrastructure more complex but important to evaluating technology

A SMART Ecosystem for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles

TRCSMARTCENTER

SMARTMOBILITYCORRIDOR

SMART Center Phase 1

Flexible Platform

Mega Intersection

Urban Network

Control Center

Phase 1

$45M

Indoor Winter Conditions Facility

Inclement weather: blowing snow, freezing, rain, fog

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91.4

4 [300']

201.17 [660']

18.2

9 [60']

502.92 [1650']

World’s largest year-round snow platform

World’s first indoor winter weather facility

Varied types of snow/ice in a controlled environment