On February 9, CCTV-1 Evening News and Chongqing TV Chongqing News Network took the lead in covering the story. On February 10, CCTV-13 Morning News and the Integrated Media Center of Chongqing High-tech Zone followed up with simultaneous reports.Located at China Merchants Automotive Research Institute, the world’s first "Real Vehicle – Dynamic Traffic – Environmental Simulation" three-in-one intelligent driving laboratory, built by Shanghai Digauto Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Digauto"), marks a major breakthrough in the field of intelligent driving testing, demonstrating the industry leadership of China Merchants Automotive Research Institute and the technical strength of Shanghai Digauto.

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At the critical juncture of wrapping up the 14th Five-Year Plan and planning for the 15th Five-Year Plan, Shanghai Digauto has actively supported CMVR in laboratory construction, focused on the needs of the intelligent connected vehicle industry, and joined forces in technical research, successfully completing the world’s first three-in-one intelligent driving laboratory integrating "vehicle – traffic – environment".

With a total area of over 5,000 square meters, the project has achieved major breakthroughs in core technologies, established a more realistic and efficient verification system, and reached an internationally advanced level as a whole. This signifies a new height in China’s intelligent driving testing and verification sector.

The laboratory is equipped with the domestically pioneered intelligent towing system, with a maximum towing speed of 130 km/h, far exceeding the industry average. It can accurately reproduce the trajectories of real traffic participants and high-risk scenarios, providing efficient dynamic testing conditions for intelligent driving systems.

In response to CMVR’s demand for "full-scenario, high-fidelity" testing, Shanghai Digauto, drawing on its extensive experience in environmental simulation testing, has equipped the laboratory with a leading fully adjustable environmental system. The system enables precise and continuous adjustment of parameters such as rain, fog and light, realistically simulating dynamic weather transitions such as "light rain gradually intensifying into downpours". It systematically verifies vehicle detection and response capabilities during meteorological changes.

The laboratory takes the lead in China in realizing "superimposed operation of virtual and real scenarios in the same space and at the same time".Through a dedicated laboratory dynamometer bench, real vehicles can operate in actual rain, fog and light environments. The system supports front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive vehicles, with a maximum speed of 150 km/h and a maximum load capacity of 3,500 kg, accommodating vehicles with a wheelbase of 1.5–1.9 m and wheel track of 2.6–3.4 m. Meanwhile, it interacts in real time with virtually generated road loads and collaboratively controlled complex traffic flows (e.g., vehicles and pedestrians).This breaks the limitations of pure software or single-element hardware-in-the-loop simulation in traditional laboratories, enabling more efficient and safer scenario verification than pure physical testing.

In line with CMVR’s core requirement of "test results close to real road conditions", Shanghai Digauto has minimized signal interference to sensors such as millimeter-wave radars from metal structures based on practical application scenarios, more authentically replicating the sensor working environment of vehicles on actual roads.This detailed design provides a reliable and interference-free benchmark testing ground for key technologies including multi-sensor fusion and high-precision positioning, supporting the seamless adaptation of intelligent perception systems from laboratories to real roads. It not only reflects CMVR’s construction philosophy of "being pragmatic, rigorous and striving for excellence", but also embodies Shanghai Digauto’s core concept of "empowering technological upgrading through realistic testing".

The completion of the laboratory is an important achievement of the collaboration between CMVR and Shanghai Digauto to empower the industry.The laboratory supports automakers in verifying extreme scenarios for L3 and higher-level intelligent driving systems, meeting regulatory requirements, shortening testing cycles, and helping China’s intelligent vehicle industry gain greater international discourse power. At the same time, it rigorously tests vehicle safety, bringing consumers more reliable autonomous driving experiences and promoting the application of intelligent technologies to people’s livelihoods.

In the future, CMVR will continue to play its leading role in the industry, while Shanghai Digauto will provide solid professional technical support. The two parties will deepen their cooperation, join hands with industrial chain partners to build a new intelligent connected vehicle ecosystem, and help China’s intelligent driving industry develop steadily and far in global competition.