Smart highway for testing self-driving cars to be built in Hungary

A smart controlled-access highway will connect the M7 motorway and the city of Zalaegerszeg, inforadio.hu reports. The highway complements the test track for self-driving cars which is to be built in Zalaegerszeg.

The highway reduces travel time between Budapest and Zalaegerszeg by almost an hour, says István Lepsényi, state secretary for the Ministry of National Economy. There are also plans to build a testing track in Zalaegerszeg, which can accommodate traditional as well as electric and self-driving vehicles.

“Our test track is unprecedented in Europe, similar testing centre has not been built yet. This increases its importance, since every developer who wants to test their self-driving cars will come to work in Hungary,” says the state secretary.

Thus the new highway, besides connecting Budapest and Zalaegerszeg, will provide a real-life setting for testing self-driving cars that have gone through testing in a controlled environment.

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