Slovakia preparing cross-border test track for self-driving cars

The Government, along with partners from the private and academic sectors, is preparing a project involving a cross-border test track for automakers and car suppliers of advanced technologies. It is a part of Slovakia's objective to participate actively in the testing of inter-connected and autonomous vehicles in the EU, TASR learnt on Monday. The first such track should be constructed on the motorway between Bratislava and Brno in the Czech Republic.
According to Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini, Slovakia wants to be a leader not only in car production but also in innovation. Our initiative is being supported by the European Commission as well. Its Vice-president Maroš Šefčovič pointed out that in a few years a car's software will be worth half of the vehicle's total value.