Connecting Austria

The flagship project Connecting Austria brings technology leaders and end-users together to demonstrate and evaluate four specific use cases for semi-automated and energy-efficient truck platoons. Key-objective is the evidence-based evaluation of energy-efficient truck platoons as a pre-requisite for competitive strength of Austrian industries such as logistics, telematics, automotive suppliers, vehicle development and cooperative research. The project's unique contribution is its specific focus on infrastructure issues and on parameterized traffic perspectives. This particularly includes platoons at intersections before entering motorways and after leaving motorways. The following partners participate in the project: ANDATA, Automotive Cluster of the Business Upper Austria agency, Department of logistics at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, HiTec Marketing (Project Leader), IESTA, Austrian Road Safety Board (KFV), Siemens AG Austria, TU Vienna (IMM), Software Competence Centre Hagenberg (SCCH), Swarco Futurit Verkehrssignalsysteme Ges.m.b.H, TRANSDANUBIA, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (CNL), Virtual Vehicle