Autoblog Minute: FCA unveils 4×4 all-weather drive cell

The FCA Tech Center’s new 4×4 dyno allows engineers to perform year-round extreme weather testing.

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It’s winter time any time at the FCA Tech Center as FCA unveils an all-weather 4×4 drive cell. Autoblog‘s Mylencia Gillenwaters and Eddie Sabatini report on this edition of Autoblog Minute.

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[00 :00:00] It’s winter time any time at the Chrysler Technical Center as FCA unveils a new all-weather 4×4 test site. I’m Mylencia Gillenwaters and this is your Autoblog Minute.

FCA calls it their first 4×4 in drive dyno cell, with rain and snow testing capabilities. We sent Autoblog’s Eddie Sabatini to Auburn Hills for a closer look at the $2.5-million investment:

[00 :00:30] [EDDIE SABATINI INTERVIEW]

This 4×4 dyno adds to the FCA’s already impressive 5.4-million square-foot research and development center. The Tech Center features some 14,000 employees, an aerodynamic test facility, and

[00 :01:00] hundreds of test sites that run 24/7. Truly making it an auto engineer’s dream. For Autoblog, I’m Mylencia Gillenwaters.

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