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Some "edge case" tests of self-driving cars may still be too dangerous to move to open roads.
Toyota, as a well-known conservative car factory, was scared by Uber to suspend the road test, and did not want the process of self-driving testing to be affected too much.
A few hours ago, the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced that it will build a gigantic facility of about 240,000 square meters in Michigan to test the performance of self-driving cars in extreme scenarios.
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Toyota will lease a piece of land inside the Michigan Technology Resource Park (MITRP) oval track, which is actually about the size of a bird's nest.
There, there are simulated crowded cities with slippery roads and four-lane highways with on-ramps.
According to official information, the new test ground will be put into use in October this year. With your own venue, you can customize the scene and route according to your testing needs.
This time around, Toyota's Autopilot is being tested in Guardian mode, in which the system detects the driver's concentration and steers the vehicle to a safe area if the human is drowsy.
On 60 acres of land, self-driving cars can run as much as they want.
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Today, more and more automakers and technology companies have dedicated test sites where they can test the capabilities of self-driving cars with a series of structured tests without worrying too much about unknown environmental factors.
Waymo's closed testing facility is in central California, for example, and Uber's is in Pittsburgh.
Previously, Toyota's self-driving cars were tested at GoMentum Station, which used to be an important military base for the U.S. Navy.
The site not only has 20 miles (about 32 kilometers) of asphalt pavement, but also has an urban environment built up with buildings.
However, GoMentum is, after all, one of 10 autonomous driving test sites designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and Honda and Lyft are also crowded there.
Toyota still seems to need a piece of its own to hide from the prying eyes of its competitors.
Restart the drive test
Earlier this year, Toyota released the latest version of its self-driving test car, which it called Platform 3.0. It was a Lexus LS 600HL with lidar, radar, and multiple cameras.
Compared with the previous generation, the 3.0 has a longer vision. The four long-range lidars on the roof are from Luminar, which supports 360-degree scanning within 200 meters.
A Toyota spokesman said the Platform 3.0 fleet was in the works on the days without road testing. At the same time, the system upgrade of the Platform 2.0/2.1 team has also gained more sufficient breathing time.
Toyota will restart road testing of self-driving cars in a few weeks, the spokesman said. At that point, Platform 2.0/2.1/3.0 will likely be geared up to go at a more consistent pace.
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