The AGV undergoes its first dynamic tests
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Unveiled on 5 February at the Alstom Transport
plant in La Rochelle (France), the AGV has just started its first
dynamic tests on the speed track at the Velim Rail Test Centre in
the Czech Republic. The test runs at up to 200 km/h, the maximum
permitted speed at Velim, will finalize the development phase and
validate Alstom's new very high-speed platform in the run-up to
final approval.
No less than fifteen engineers from various
Alstom Transport manufacturing sites will take it in turn to
perform tests on the AGV prototype until September 2008. The AGV
will travel nearly 60,000 km fitted with over two thousand
sensors during the four months of tests. The measurements and
data compiled will be transmitted and analyzed by the Alstom
engineering departments, which will suggest the necessary
adjustments and modifications for the train to be validated.