The Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (or PATAC) is a joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor. It is a design and engineering center in Pudong, Shanghai, China, and is involved in engineering for Shanghai GM products, but also functions as one out of six technical development and design centers of General Motors.
Overview
PATAC has prepared several global GM vehicles for the Chinese market. From PATAC's own development come the Chevrolet Sail and the second generation Buick GL8. The facelifted Chevrolet Aveo (T200) sedan was also designed in collaboration with PATAC. The centre is also creating every two years a concept car, a total of seven until 2013. Among them two concepts of a new Buick Riviera, in 2007 and 2013.
PATAC disposes of various facilities for design and for motor vehicle development and evaluation, among them a climate wind tunnel, opened on March 27, 2012.
PATAC also manages together with Shanghai GM the 5.67-square-kilometer proving ground in Guangde County, Anhui (31.04427°N, 119.42575°W) with 60 km test roads, opened on September 22, 2012.
The joint-venture PATAC is not to be confused with GM China's own GM China Advanced Technical Center (ATC), which is located in Shanghai next to the GM China headquarters.
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- Latest News : GM China's Advanced Technical Center underway Automotive Testing Technology International, n.d., retrieved 3 October 2013^
- About GM China gmchina.com, 2013, retrieved 1 October 2013^
- GM China Advanced Technical Center Phase I Opens in Shanghai media.gmchina.com, 2011-09-21, retrieved 3 October 2013^
- GM China Opens Phase II of Advanced Technical Center media.gm.com, 2012-11-29, retrieved 3 October 2013^
- Pan Asia Will Participate More in Global Design patac.com.cn, 2008-04-28, retrieved 2 October 2013^
- PATAC's Vehicle Climate Wind Tunnel Unveiled patac.com.cn, 2012-03-27, retrieved 1 October 2013^
- SGM/PATAC Guangde Proving Ground Opened patac.com.cn, retrieved 1 October 2013^