Premiere: Mr. Space Drive drives Space Drive at the GTC Race at the Lausitzring
- Roland Arnold: "Experiencing steer-by-wire technology on the racetrack itself is a logical and important step, enabling us to accompany future development steps even more efficiently."
- Dialog between development drivers and engineers is extremely important for the future development of Space Drive
- Big Data as the basis for accelerated development of autonomous driving functions.
Roland Arnold, the developer of Space Drive and CEO of PARAVAN GmbH and Schaeffler Paravan Technologie GmbH & Co.KG, will be sitting in the Space Drive cockpit of his PARAVAN Mercedes-AMG GT3 himself as a development driver from next weekend.
It's not just the first Space Drive race for the black-and-chrome PARAVAN Mercedes-AMG with start number #65, but also for its driver: When Roland Arnold takes to the track for the first time as a Space Drive development driver at the GTC race weekend at the Lausitzring (July 16/17, 2022), he will definitely be accompanied by a fair amount of respect: "At the age of 56, I'm no longer planning to become a racing driver," explains the developer of the only road-legal drive-by-wire system. "But before my first race with Space Drive, I'm naturally a bit nervous. And that's just as well." Technically, everything is perfectly prepared for this weekend's start: The Space Drive system installed in his PARAVAN Mercedes-AMG with starting number #65, which does not require any mechanical connection at all between the steering unit and the steering gear, is prepared and supported by the team of experienced Space Drive technicians who have been integrating the technology into the vehicles of PARAVAN customers and automotive projects for many years....