Experts to steer GM Automotive Centre of Excellence at UOIT

ACE will be a multi-level centre with an area of approximately 16,300 square metres. The centrepiece of ACE will be one of the largest and most sophisticated climatic wind tunnels on the planet. In this test chamber wind speeds will exceed 240 kilometres per hour, temperatures will range from -40C to 60C and humidity will fluctuate from five to 95 per cent anytime of the year. The climatic wind tunnel will have the ability to simulate conditions like driving a car up a steep hill in dry desert heat or in an arctic blizzard.

ACE is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in 2010. It will operate as an independent test facility, available for rent by manufacturers of all descriptions, start-up companies and researchers in Canada and around the globe. When funding for all aspects of the facility is secured, the total project cost will be more than $123 million. 
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