ZalaZONE’s workshop capacity doubled

The ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground has doubled the size of its service facilities. The new unit, presented at a press conference on Friday, includes assembly halls, garages and offices. The new workshops of the test center were built in accordance with the highest expectations. According to Prof. Dr. László Palkovics, CEO of the Automotive Proving…

Tokyo Drift at ZalaZONE

The Zala folk dance group recently released its latest music video, shot to the well-known melody of the Tokyo Drift episode of The Fast and Furious film series. Based on a 2023 choreography, the video was filmed in May last year, among other places, at ZalaZONE’s track modules. On the Zaol podcast, Ruben Kósa, the…

Visible Future – For safe scooter riding

Before the Christmas holidays, ZalaZONE InnoTech held a special event to draw attention to the new challenges of urban traffic and the importance of visibility. An event entitled “The Visible Future – For Safe Scooter Riding” was held at the ZalaZONE Automotive Test Track, the aim of which was to promote the safe transport of…

HUN-REN SZTAKI hosted French researchers at ZalaZONE

On 2024.12.06, the HUN-REN SZTAKI Systems and Control Research Lab hosted a four-person delegation from the French UGA (Université Grenoble Alpes) at the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground. The Hungarian-French joint work is funded by the 2021-1.2.4-TÉT – Bilateral Scientific and Technological (TÉT) Cooperation Support Program. The joint research with the French colleagues began in 2023…

Donating blood is donating life

As part of its social responsibility program, ZalaZONE InnoTech organized with the Zala Special Ambulance team, in cooperation with the National Blood Donation Service a blood donation campaign at the ZalaZONE Conference Centre. The event was attended by employees of companies operating in ZalaZONE Park. Upon arrival, after a short registration and filling out a…

R&D cooperation with Chinese partner

At the invitation of Dr. Zoltán Weltsch, Head of ZalaZONE R&D, Mr. Haiqiang Wu, representative of Benice Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., came to the Automotive Proving Ground on November 27th. The aim of his visit was to get to know the infrastructure and competencies of ZalaZONE’s research and development ecosystem and to identify partnership potential…

ZalaZONE InnoTech welcomed MATE professor

Prof. Dr. Péter Kiss, professor at the Technical Institute of the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was a guest at the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground today. The professor, who is also the head of the department of the Gödöllő Faculty of Automotive Engineering, held discussions with ZalaZONE’s engineering colleagues about research in the…

Celebrating Collaboration: CCAM SRG Meeting at ZalaZONE

We were honored to host the States Representatives Group (SRG) Meeting of the CCAM Association – European Partnership on Connected, Cooperative & Automated Mobility Association at ZalaZONE, during the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event began with an exciting tour of the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground, showcasing Hungary’s capabilities in…

Prime Minister of the Federation of BIH visited ZalaZONE

Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Nikšić led a 33-member government and business delegation to the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground on Thursday, October 25. The high-level government delegation, that traveled to Hungary on an official visit, included Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Minister of Development, Enterprise and Crafts Vojin Mijatović, Federal…