Responsive Image Banner

ZF Expands Commercial Vehicle Test Track

Premium Content

12 September 2020

With an investment of around €18 million, ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems division has expanded its commercial vehicle testing capability for trucks and buses at the Erich Reinecke test track in Jeversen, Germany.

The test track has a new 3.6-km oval circuit which incorporates a mix of curves and straight sections to replicate a wide range of road conditions to simulate real-life highway driving conditions. The circuit will support the development of advanced technologies including lane departure systems, traffic jam assistants and highway pilots up to autonomous driving.

The extended facility also includes a new 1000-m² project and customer center as well as two additional truck halls.

Leveraging ZF’s recent acquisition of Wabco, the expanded facility will play an even greater role in the testing and development of new solutions and technologies to help drive the commercial vehicle industry’s vision of an autonomous, connected and electric future.

“This unique test track consolidates ZF’s position as a global technology leader and offers exactly those extensive dynamic test possibilities which are necessary to fully exploit the growth opportunities for our company in the commercial vehicle segment,” said Wilhelm Rehm, member of the Board of Management of ZF Friedrichshafen AG with responsibility for Commercial Vehicle Technology, Industrial Technology, Materials Management.

The test track is named after Erich Reinecke, a former Wabco vice president of Group Engineering, who died in 2008. During his career, Reinecke played a major role in the development and market launch of a multitude of electronic control systems for commercial vehicles.

Power Progress Networking Forum

The Tariff Report Everyone Will Want...
Early Access For Attendees.

All Power Progress Networking Forum attendees will receive early access to the updated digital report by Off-Highway Research, 'The Impact of U.S. Tariffs on the Construction Equipment Industry.'

Register your interest
POWER SOURCING GUIDE

The trusted reference and buyer’s guide for 83 years

The original “desktop search engine,” guiding nearly 10,000 users in more than 90 countries it is the primary reference for specifications and details on all the components that go into engine systems.

Visit Now

STAY CONNECTED



Receive the information you need when you need it through our world-leading magazines, newsletters and daily briefings.

Sign up

Latest News
Vermeer field validation of electric tree care equipment
Lineup being made available as part of global field validation program
Volvo, Mack celebrate decades of remanufacturing
Volvo Group began remanufacturing program in 1945, with Mack Trucks joining in 1975
VIDEO: Caterpillar G3520K Gas Gen-set Targets Evolving Energy Needs
New model comes in three configurations with enhanced transiet response, fuel flexibility and more
CONNECT WITH THE TEAM
Becky Schultz Vice President of Content Tel: +1 480 408 9774 E-mail: becky.schultz@khl.com
Julian Buckley Editor Tel: +44 (0) 1892 784088 E-mail: julian.buckley@khl.com
Chad Elmore Managing Editor E-mail: chad.elmore@khl.com
Tony Radke Vice President of Sales Tel: +1 602 721 6049 E-mail: tony.radke@khl.com
CONNECT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA