Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled plans to build a dedicated test site for self-driving cars in the United States of America.
The site will be located within the 1.75-mile oval test track of the Michigan Technical Resource Park at Ottawa Lake, Michigan and span approximately 60 acres. It will include congested urban environments, slick surfaces and a four-lane divided highway with high-speed entrance and exit ramps.
The site is where Toyota plans to replicate demanding “edge case” driving scenarios that would be too dangerous to perform on public roads. Testing is scheduled to get underway in October and only Toyota vehicles will be provided entry.
Agency report explained that Toyota is also testing self-driving cars at shared sites such as California’s GoMentum Station and Michigan’s Mcity locations.
