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Arjeplog is a township area in northern Sweden that covers about 14,500 km2, containing the FCA Proving Ground. Arjeplog offers ideal conditions and facilities for testing cars in extreme low temperature conditions: its latitude is similar to that of Iceland and the temperature can drop to -40°C... but safety is a key priority. The presence of numerous frozen lakes offers many kilometres of testing tracks with ample safe escape routes. Another plus, considering the competitive nature of the sector, is the area's isolation: roughly 1,000 km from Stockholm and from the North Cape, guaranteeing maximum discretion. The grip of the ice is unrelenting, and this makes it possible for specialized technicians to repeatedly carry out tests to fine-tune air conditioning, defrosting and demisting systems, as well as checking the performance of all materials, and the reaction times of the vehicles' many active systems. In addition, the area's spectacular frozen landscape offers low-grip surfaces on which huge icy pistes and slopes have been created. These are used to carry out numerous tests, from the set-up of vehicle suspension to kinematics (structural yielding is here reduced to zero) and repeated testing of tires, brakes, control systems, traction and differential systems. Everything must work perfectly even in the most difficult situations!

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