General Motors Breaks Ground on Charlotte Technical Center
CONCORD, NC—General Motors recently broke ground on its new Charlotte Technical Center, a 130,000-square-foot facility that will accelerate strategic knowledge transfer between the company's motorsports and production vehicle development. The new center will support racing efforts across all series in which GM competes. It is a $45 million investment for GM and is scheduled to open in early 2022.
The center will also feature advanced virtual tools, including three Driver-in-the-Loop simulators, aero development and other software-enabled vehicle modeling technology that will enable faster analysis and iteration. Its main purpose is to expand GM’s capacity to process, analyze and leverage vast amounts of data, allowing its racing and engineering teams to optimize designs earlier in the development process while simultaneously delivering greater first-time quality. The center’s location provides opportunities for GM to recruit top talent in the fields of software engineering, computational science, electrical engineering and other technical skill sets.