AustriaTech – Gesellschaft des Bundes für technologiepolitische Maßnahmen GmbH

About AustriaTech

AustriaTech – Gesellschaft des Bundes für technologiepolitische Maßnahmen GmbH is a public-interest consultancy agency founded in 2005, headquartered in Vienna and a 100-percent subsidiary of the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI). The company does not manufacture physical products but provides services in the field of mobility innovation: it supports transformation processes such as digitalisation, automation and decarbonisation in transport, advises on national and European requirements, and initiates and supports technology-policy projects of strategic importance. Its focus areas include the Contact Point for Automated Mobility, which handles test applications and test certificates under the AutomatFahrV, administrative and monitoring tasks in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), mobility data management, the FTI Hub Mobility, and the Electromobility Control Centre. As an interface between policy, industry and research, AustriaTech networks stakeholders at national and international level and participates in EU research projects, for example as a project partner in the EU project ePowerMove with the pilot site in Klagenfurt for bidirectional charging (V2G).

Site

Wien

Processes

Contact Point for Automated Mobility (test applications, test certificates), Advisory on national and European requirements, ITS consulting, Mobility data management, FTI Hub Mobility, Electromobility Control Centre, Monitoring of automated mobility, Organisation of test applications under the AutomatFahrV

Founded

2005

Industries

Mobility, Transport technology, ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), Electromobility, Automated driving

1. 01

   Advisory on national and European requirements

2. 02

   Advisory on legal and technological issues (including test applications)

3. 03

   Review and support of tests of automated vehicles

4. 04

   Networking of test environments, projects and stakeholders

5. 05

   Monitoring and reporting (including the Automated Mobility Monitoring Report)

Locations

Vienna

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Headquarters

Inside the production

History

1. 2005

   Founded as a public-interest company, 100% subsidiary of the BMIMI

2. 2016

   Establishment of the Contact Point for Automated Mobility at AustriaTech

3. 2019

   Citizen dialogue on automated mobility on 06.04.2019

4. 2023/24

   20th anniversary; anniversary edition of the 2023/24 annual report

5. 2025

   Launch of the EU project ePowerMove (kick-off January 2025 in Brussels) with pilot site Klagenfurt (V2G charging)

6. 2026

   10 years of C-Roads