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Styrian test track in demand worldwide
Founded in September 2017, the Styrian test region ALP.Lab has developed into an attractive playground for international car manufacturers who want to test their autonomous vehicles.
Styrian test track in demand worldwide
The “Motorway as a Sensor” project, which was created as part of the ALP.Lab, was recently awarded the Austrian “State Mobility Prize 2019”. “Along a 23-kilometer stretch on the A2 between Graz West and the Laßnitzhöhe exit, we have installed the largest number of sensors to record vehicle data under real conditions, compared to other test routes in Europe,” proudly reports Gerhard Greiner, Director of Business Development at ALP.Lab. With further road sections on the A9 and the Graz-Bruck and Bruck-St. Michael can boast a total of 400 test kilometers in the test region, which were meticulously measured and stored in simulation environments. “This allows us to carry out vehicle tests in both virtual and real environments and combine the results,” explains Jost Bernasch, Managing Director of ALP.Lab. However, the appropriate legal basis still needs to be created for even more realistic tests. Currently, the use of “driving assistance systems” in Austria must be able to be overridden by the driver at any time and is only permitted up to a speed of 12 km/h. “A revision is urgently needed here so that automated steering systems are permitted up to 130 km/h,” emphasizes Andreas Eustacchio, a lawyer who specializes in autonomous vehicles.