General Motors will build a new rollover testing facility, a move that would help it develop rollover-sensing systems for air bags and occupant protection systems to prevent ejections, according to Reuters.
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GM reportedly said the new facility at its Milford, Michigan, proving grounds was part of $US33 million in improvements to its crash test programmes – the facility, which will adjoin its crash barrier test site, is expected to be operational by late 2006.
Reuters noted that GM is making rollover sensing systems, which help determine whether a side air bag should be deployed, an option on the 2005 models of the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, and the Buick Rainier and the 2006 Saturn Vue and Hummer H3. It will be standard on the 2006 Cadillac SRX and standard on all trucks and sport utility vehicles by the end of 2010.
GM told Reuters the facility – about the size of four football fields – will help the company gain a better understanding of rollover crashes and speed up the addition of safety technology into its vehicles.
