Ehra-Lessien is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Municipality Ehra-Lessien includes the villages of Ehra and Lessien.
Volkswagen Group test track
Volkswagen Group owns a test track facility in Ehra-Lessien, some 18 km north of its Wolfsburg factory. The facility was built during the Cold War. The location was chosen because, at the time, it was in a no-fly zone only 10 km west of the border between East Germany and West Germany, and thus secret prototypes could be tested out of sight of potential rivals. The track is currently used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries and marques, such as Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, SEAT, Škoda, and Porsche.