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Volkswagen China Technology Company (VCTC), Volkswagen Group’s largest research and development (R&D) center outside Germany, held a groundbreaking ceremony for phase III of the R&D center and unveiled the City Test Track (CTT) on Thursday in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. Covering an area of about 110,000 square meters, the phase III project is slated for completion by 2027, with the experimental workshop expected to be operational by 2025.

The expanded R&D center will facilitate R&D work on new energy vehicle (NEV) platforms, complete vehicles, parts and components, as well as hardware and software integration and testing. The CTT focuses on performance testing and functional verification of intelligent connected vehicles, making it the Volkswagen Group’s first test track of its kind in China.

With an investment of around 1 billion euros, the VCTC was put into operation in January 2024.