Automotive Research & Testing Center

The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC; ) is a government funded non-profit automotive research facility located in Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan.

History
ARTC was founded in 1990 under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

ARTC is one of the founding members of Taiwan Automotive Research Consortium (TARC) which was established in mid-2005.

Facilities
ARTC's main testing facility in Changhua has twelve different test tracks on 119 hectares of land.

Research
Among Taiwanese research institutes ARTC takes the lead on automotive intelligence, especially the development of electronics systems. In 2015 a team conducted research at ARTC on the augmentation of GNSS with laser ranging. ARTC is involved with the development of an autonomous light bus which was unveiled in September 2019. Named Winbus the platform performs at SAE Level 4 – High automation.

The Winbus can carry 15 passengers at a maximum speed of 50 kph for at least 70 km on one charge. In July 2020 a trial service began in Changhua, Taiwan, connecting four tourism factories in Changhua Coastal Industrial Park along a 7.5 km, with plans to extend the route to 12.6 km to serve tourist destinations.