26.6.2019 Weissach. The Porsche development center in Weissach, is preparing for the mobility of tomorrow and one of the most modern drive prüfgebäude the car takes mobile industry in operation. With the new complex of sports highlights car manufacturers of its technological pioneering role in the development of highly efficient aggregates. The building unites the rigs for conventional, hybrid and electric drives under a single roof.
“The new drive prüfgebäude is the ideal complement to our activities in the development center in Weissach,” says Michael Steiner, Board member for research and development of Porsche AG. “We are working continuously to increase the efficiency of our engines. With the 18 new test benches we can test our progress more accurately and to document – no matter whether it is a conventional, hybrid or pure electric drive technologies.“ A total of about 70 test benches are available to the developers in Weissach, is now available.
A special feature of the new high-voltage composite test bench, is designed for purely electric vehicles. “Here, we test the entire electrical drive system, including the real battery, as installed in the vehicle,” explains Gregory Haffke, Director of propulsion test facility at Porsche. In addition, charging strategies and technologies for different markets, you can use this test stand to test.
The new building complex characterized by the architectural principle of efficiency: in Order to connect the engineers and processes with each other, the paths are short. Logistics input, preparation areas, benches, and office jobs are just a few meters away from each other. Thus, the interdisciplinary exchanges between around 550 employees, is guaranteed.
In the planning and implementation of sustainability issues have played a Central role: in Order not to disturb the landscape as little as possible, are two of seven floors below the Terrain gradient. So the building could be connected to the underground supply tunnel that runs through the work. “The dark facade makes the building against the backdrop of the dark-appearing forest from the distance, almost invisible,” says Martin Rath, project Manager for the new drive prüfgebäude of Porsche AG.
The rear of The building is about 18 meters deep in the hillside dug in. The 250,000 cubic meters of rock excavation, which were created, were treated in the sense of the highest possible level of sustainability to a large extent on site, stored and re-used. With the waste heat of the Engine test beds is operated in the Winter in addition, a low-temperature heating for the offices. As a result, around 25 percent of space heat demand covered. The roof of the building is landscaped.
Porsche’s development center (photo: Porsche AG)
