Cologne set to host auto sector’s ‘most advanced’ climatic test centre

Germany will soon be home to some of the hottest and coldest temperatures, most arid and humid conditions, hurricane force wind speeds, and highest altitudes to be found on the planet, courtesy of a new climatic test centre being built by Ford at its engineering centre in Merkenich, Cologne. The US automaker believes the multimillion-dollar facility will be the most advanced test centre in the global auto industry when it opens “in the next few years”. Construction on the project has already ...