Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs Dr Michael Strugl visits AUDIO MOBIL

Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs Dr Michael Strugl was able to take a look into the automotive future at Audio Mobil in Ranshofen

The automotive industry is currently undergoing a major transformation: alongside new drive technologies such as electric propulsion, driver assistance systems in particular are becoming increasingly important. “Upper Austria is in a very good position here, because there are highly innovative automotive suppliers from the IT environment that are already very successful in this field. We want to ensure that our province becomes one of the leading digital regions in Europe; one measure towards this is also the application for a test track for autonomous driving, which is to be set up in Upper Austria,” emphasises Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs Dr Michael Strugl. Councillor Strugl was already able to take a look into the automotive future at the company Audio Mobil in Ranshofen, which is engaged in research and development of new vehicle components in the areas of vehicle networking, operation and infotainment, i.e. for example assistance systems, distance sensors and sat navs.

Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs Strugl recently visited the tests that Audio Mobil in Ranshofen has recently carried out for renowned automotive manufacturers to determine how much these new systems and control elements distract drivers. “Unfortunately, it has been shown that there is sometimes considerable potential for distraction with modern vehicle systems. That is also the reason why we carry out these vehicle studies, in order to feed the findings into the development of new infotainment systems and thus increase operational safety in vehicles,” explains Audio Mobil Managing Director Thomas Stottan. As the automotive manufacturers show great interest in reducing these distraction risks, these tests are of particular importance. For example, these test series by Audio Mobil, which counts VW, Audi, BMW and Daimler among its customers, were even the subject of a cover story in the German magazine AutoBild.

“Audio Mobil is a perfect example of how Upper Austria as a business location can link its core competencies in the automotive supply industry and IT in order to remain internationally competitive and play a key role in shaping technologies around partially and fully automated driving,” emphasises Councillor Strugl. The economic policy of the Province of Upper Austria will increasingly provide corresponding support here in future with its lead initiative “Digitalisation”.

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From left: Provincial Councillor for Economic Affairs Dr Michael Strugl with Thomas Stottan, Managing Director of AUDIO MOBIL Elektronik GmbH.

Photo: Toni Bader – no fee