Chinese Maker Honored for Crash Test Facility
China's BYD Ltd. Co. has won the 2013 Crash Test Facility of the Year award from Automotive Testing Technology International magazine.
China's BYD Ltd. Co. has won the 2013 Crash Test Facility of the Year award from Automotive Testing Technology International magazine.
The award recognizes BYD's 10-year-old test center in Pingshan, Shenzhen, China, for its specialized crash-testing equipment and the accuracy of its results.
The British magazine notes that the $100 million facility has helped BYD produce vehicles such as the S6 SUV and F5 Suri sedan. Both vehicles earned a top five-star safety rating in C-NCAP testing China's equivalent of Euro-NCAP.
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