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ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground received Excellent Research Infrastructure Certificate
At the initiative of National Office for Research, Development, and Innovation, the best research sites and infrastructure networks of Hungary were collected within the “TOP 50” excellent research infrastructure tender, in order to provide them with international visibility and with more opportunities for international research collaborations.At the initiative of National Office for Research, Development, and…
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III. ZalaZONE Innovation Day
The event highlighted the results and latest trends in autonomous transport and drone research, which were complemented by a professional conference with indoor and outdoor demonstrations of autonomous drones and ground vehicles performed by research teams of BME Automated Drive, Széchenyi István Egyetem, Pannon Egyetem, SZTAKI, MouldTech Systems Kft. and CollMot Robotics Kft. In the demonstration “Central perception” a sensor-monitored zebra was built…
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Norbert Michelisz was testing on ZalaZONE
At the end of August 2021 WTCR champion Norbert Michelisz and the M1RA Team tested the new track elements in extreme conditions with their Hyundai i30 N TCR racing car on the ZalaZONE test track. Dr. Zsolt Szalay, head of Research and Innovation of ZalaZONE stated that with the test track built with the help of government investment,…
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Nóvum TV visited ZalaZONE
Nóvum TV visited ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground, which enables traditional automotive tests and offers the possibility to test automated and self-driving vehicles as well. Colleagues experienced a self-driving, 400 horsepower BMW during a drift manoeuvre on the Proving Ground’s Dynamic Platform as well as driving on the track modules in a simulator in virtual environment.
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3rd ZalaZONE Trilateral ONLINE Conference
The 5-level trilateral cooperation between Hungary-Austria-Slovenia, related to the activities of the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground, began in 2017 with the cooperation of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the Technische Universität Graz and the University of Maribor. Reaching a higher level of cooperation, strengthened by regional and state-level agreements, research institutes and automotive cluster industry companies collaborated with state…
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II. ZalaZONE Innovation Day
On the II. ZalaZONE Innovation Day, Dr. László Palkovics, Minister of Innovation and Technology, leaders of BME, Széchenyi István University and Pannon University, as well as city and county politicians laid the foundation stone of a university research building and inaugurated the R&D Module as the University Test Track of the ZalaZONE Automotive Proving Ground. The University…
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