By Ben Spencer AstaZero says tests can be carried out 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (image credit: Rise) AstaZero is opening a 700m long and 40m wide indoor track in Sweden for testing active safety systems and autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. The autonomous transport test facility is owned by Rise (Research Institutes of Sweden) and Chalmers University of Technology. The Asta Zero Dry Zone has received SEK 10 million from the Västra Götaland Region's sustainable transport programme. AstaZero CEO Peter Janevik says: “The tests and trials conducted by vehicle operators require plenty of personnel and result in excessive travel. In AstaZero Dry Zone, the development time can be streamlined and tests can be carried out 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”