AstaZero

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AstaZero is a Swedish test site for road vehicles near Borås , about 45 km east of Gothenburg . The operators are the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology . The name AstaZero is derived from Active Safety Test Area (test area for active safety) and from Zero , which refers to the Swedish initiative Vision Zero , which tries to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in road traffic to zero.

AstaZero was opened in 2014 and is primarily intended for research and testing of active safety systems and driver assistance systems . The site is not tied to any vehicle manufacturer and can be used by all interested companies.

Right next AstaZero is the testing ground Hällered Proving Ground by Volvo .

Furnishing

Various test environments are available on an area of ​​around 200 hectares:

  • Highway ( Rural road ): 5.7 kilometers long oval round course
  • Metropolitan area ( City Area ) replicated the city center with various roads, intersections, bus stops and footpaths
  • High speed range ( High Speed Area ): open space with 240 meters in diameter and two 1 km long acceleration lane
  • Multi-track area ( multilane road ): 700 meter long 4-lane area
  • Inspection Center ( Proving Ground Center ): different garages with equipment and level calibration area

The equipment also includes support for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, a DGPS reference station, as well as cellular and WiFi coverage on the entire test site. There are also various traffic obstacles that can be controlled automatically. Systems are planned for the future to generate different weather situations (including fog and rain).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About | AstaZero Official website of AstaZero. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ The Design | AstaZero Official website of AstaZero. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

Coordinates: 57 ° 46 ′ 48 ″  N , 12 ° 46 ′ 12 ″  E