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Test Center for Automated Driving in Austria
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At our Test Center for Automated Driving in St. Valentin, you can realistically simulate diverse and complex traffic scenarios with the support of our testing experts. From conventional driving functions and durability tests, to subjective driving characteristics, all the way to ADAS tests of automated and connected vehicles in various operating environments and weather conditions.
We meet your complex and individual testing requirements.
Highlights of the proving ground
Digitrans Test Center overview
Offroad 1
- Gravel road
- Gravel pits
Offroad 2
- Mud section
- Fording up to 1.8 m (NATO)
- Various torsion elements and obstacles
Offroad 3
- Rough road section
- Pothole track – 10 artificial potholes
Roundabout
- Two-part roundabout
- Outer diameter: approx. 100 m
- Inner diameter: 48 m
City Zone
- Roads and intersections
- Sidewalks and bike lanes
- Bus lanes and parking areas
- Flexible road markings and traffic signs
Workshop and office
- Workshop with lifting platform
- Garage / warehouse
- Meeting room
E-charging station
- E-charging station for cars, trucks and buses
- Up to 350 kW (standard plug)
Main lane
- 2 lanes
- 1100 m from traffic circle to reversing loop
- 940m long straight section
- Included noise measuring station
Dynamic area
- 4 lanes, incl. main lane 6 lanes
- 2 intersections, curve with 65 m radius
- Length 350 m, width: up to 20 m
- Various road markings (Swarco Road Marking Systems)
Outdoor Rain Plant
provides a realistic and repeatable simulation of rain for AD and ADAS tests
- Length: 80m, height: 10 m, width: 6 m
- Rain-covered lanes: 2-4
- provides a realistic and repeatable simulation of rain for AD and ADAS tests
- Rain intensity: 20-30 mm/h and 100 mm/h
Offroad
- Gravel road
- Gravel pits
Offroad
- Mud section
- Fording up to 1.8 m (NATO)
- Various torsion elements and obstacles
- 60 % and 40 % inclines
Offroad
- Rough road section
- Pothole track - 10 artificial potholes
- 100 m washboard track
Roundabout
- Two-part roundabout
- Outer diameter: approx. 100 m
- Inner diameter: 48 m
- 2 lanes each
City Zone
- Roads and intersections
- Sidewalks and bike lanes
- Bus lanes and parking areas
- Flexible road markings and traffic signs
- Different banquets
Workshop and office
- Workshop with lifting platform
- Garage / warehouse
- Meeting room
E-charging station
- E-charging station for cars, trucks and buses
- Up to 350 kW (standard plug)
Main lane
- 2 lanes
- 1100 m from traffic circle to reversing loop
- 940m long straight section
- Included noise measuring station
Dynamic area
- 4 lanes, incl. main lane 6 lanes
- 2 intersections, curve with 65 m radius
- Length 350 m, width: up to 20 m
- Various road markings (Swarco Road Marking Systems)
Outdoor Rain Plant
provides a realistic and repeatable simulation of rain for AD and ADAS tests
- Length: 80m, height: 10 m, width: 6 m
- Rain-covered lanes: 2-4
- Rain intensity: 20-30 mm/h and 100 mm/h
The Digitrans Test Center for Automated Driving is located on the proving ground in St. Valentin on the premises of the Magna Powertrain Engineering Center Steyr. The test center, where a wide range of autonomous driving functions as well as AD and ADAS tests can be carried out in adverse weather conditions, is set up and operated by Digitrans. The Magna Powertrain Engineering Center Steyr provides the existing test track and supports DigiTrans GmbH as a shareholder.
We support you with our testing services from the beginning
Here's how we lead your product through successful testing
Professional test support starting from the initial consultation.
We ensure that you receive optimal planning and an efficient test concept for your specific testing challenge, and assist in selecting the appropriate test infrastructure, test elements, and test scenarios.
Test equipment and experimental vehicles – all from one source, hassle-free.
We consult and define together with you the optimal test equipment, as well as experimental and test vehicles, ranging from C-ITS systems and D-GPS stations to a wide array of Active Safety Test Equipment.
Test supervision and execution – worry-free and efficient.
Examples of our test scenario offerings:
- AD/ADAS tests under defined rain conditions
- AD/ADAS tests in diverse scenarios (e.g., urban traffic)
- V2X/C-ITS tests – vehicle interaction and communication
- Functionality and durability tests
- Subjective driving tests
- Approval and certification tests
Precise measurements – reliable test data.
- Provision of road weather data on the test track
- Provision of video data
- Data collection and management
- Test evaluation, documentation, and data analysis
Excellently trained – safe on the road.
- Safety driver training for automated vehicles
(certified training according to § 108a KFG 1967) - Training and driving courses on driver assistance systems (ADAS trainings)
- Workshops and consulting
Round trip over the Test Center for Automated Driving in St. Valentin
AD/ADAS - testing systems and autonomous driving in the rain
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