Truck driver assistance systems – ADAS training sessions at the Digitrans test center for autonomous driving
At the ADAS training session on the proving ground in St. Valentin, truck driving instructors from Hödlmayr were able to learn more about truck driver assistance systems and test them in practice in the safe environment of a proving ground.
Video overview of the Digitrans test center for automated driving on proving ground in St. Valentin
Watch our new video and get exciting insights into the test world of the Digitrans test center for automated driving on the proving ground in St. Valentin, Austria.
Road weather station provides extensive weather data for the further development of automated driving in rain
A state-of-the-art road weather station supports the experts with a detailed analysis of the environmental conditions and provides a comprehensive real-time data set of the weather conditions on the Proving Ground in St. Valentin.
AWARD H2020 – Start of test operation for automated freight transport in Gunskirchen, Upper Austria
Start of the test phase in public transport in Gunskirchen. On the approximately 600m long route between the two companies BRP-Rotax and the freight forwarder DB Schenker Austria, an automated electric truck with test approval will be tested in real operation from June 12, 2023.
ADAS sensor tests with artificially generated rain – Digitrans Proving Ground for Automated Driving
The Institute of Automotive Engineering at Graz University of Technology, together with project partners, conducted rain tests with ADAS sensors in artificially reproduced rain for the first time on the proving ground in St. Valentin as part of the InVADE project.
Automated Driving in Austria – AD-Mobility Ecosystem Landscape – Version 2023.01
New version 2023 of the “Autonomous Mobility Ecosystem Landscape Austria” – the map for automated driving in Austria. The map provides an overview of all companies, research and educational institutions as well as current projects and use cases in the field of autonomous driving in Austria.
Automated driving in Upper Austria – change of management at Digitrans
Mr. Alexander Barth will take over the business activities of Digitrans GmbH as successor of Mrs. Tatschl-Unterberger. He was nominated as the new Managing Director for DigiTrans GmbH in a multi-stage selection process by a seven-member jury of the Supervisory Board, in which all shareholders of DigiTrans GmbH are represented.
Automated test vehicle Digitrans eVAN – preparations for Digibus® pilot operation in Austria
The automated test vehicle Digitrans eVAN will start its first pilot project in 2023. The vehicle will soon be on the road as “Digibus® 2.0” in the municipality of Koppl in Salzburg. At the end of 2022, Salzburg Research and Digitrans GmbH carried out initial measurement tests in preparation for the automated pilot operation.
Automotive Testing Technology International Awards 2022 – Proving Ground of the Year 2022 – Digitrans shortlisted
The Digitrans Test Center for Automated Driving, with its innovative expansions on the proving ground in St. Valentin, has managed to be shortlisted for the award “proving Ground of the Year 2022”, alongside numerous other exciting test sites and test tracks from around the world.
Rain tests for automated driving – Digitrans launches Outdoor Rain Plant
On November 16, 2022, the specially developed outdoor rain plant for rain tests of automated vehicles and their sensors was put into operation. The system makes it possible to generate realistic rain at the push of a button, thus significantly simplifying the testing of sensors for environment detection in rain.
Joanneum Research creates digital twin and high-precision maps for the proving ground in St. Valentin
As part of the transnational cooperative research project testEPS, funded by the BMK, JOANNEUM RESERACH created a three dimensional digital twin of the test track in St.Valentin as a reference for testing and verifying automated driving functions.
Tests of driver assistance systems at the Digitrans Test Center on the proving ground in St. Valentin
On August 9, application-based practical tests with driver assistance systems were carried out at the Digitrans Test Center in St. Valentin on behalf of AustriaTech in cooperation with Graz University of Technology and Factum as part of the research project “Road Safety and Automated Mobility M7174”.
