Audi & Verizon Business to Build Tech-Testing Environment at Automotive Test Track

Audi AG and Verizon Busness have announced a partnership to build a state-of-the-art private wireless network and tech-testing environment at Audi’s automotive test track in Neustadt, Germany. Testable applications include voice, video, safety, autonomous mobility, vehicle-to-cloud communication, OEM-customer interactions, cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) features and functionalities, and more.

The network uses a dual 5G and LTE Modular Private Wireless platform from Nokia, C-V2X and private MEC infrastructure utilizing AWS Outposts from Amazon Web Services, and real-time video and data-transmission technology from Smart Mobile La

It will replicate connectivity environments found across the world, giving Audi a competitive advantage in the global market by ensuring connected technology is sound and functional on public roads in a wide variety of geographies.

The other brands from the Volkswagen Group have access to the track and network.

Petr Kozak, Head of Development Infotainment, Connectivity, Data Management and Artificial Intelligence, Audi AG., says: “Our needs for this test track were complex and multi-dimensional, encompassing many technologies, geographic network conditions, and industry trends. Verizon Business was able to provide a complete solution that will take time and cost out of the testing cycle and give us a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.” 

TJ Fox, SVP of IIoT and Automotive, Verizon Busines, adds: “Increasingly, vehicles are not just about transportation, but a means of communication, entertainment, education, and work -- effectively, rolling cell phones and high-powered computers. That means the vehicle of the future will be packed with technology that needs to work under many different sets of network conditions, and Audi and Verizon Business are solving for those needs with this state-of-the-art facility.”

Verizon Business has end-to-end responsibility for the delivery and support of the high-performance, stable and secure private LTE/5G network.