Drive Sweden

Exchange of ideas about tomorrow's mobility

6 July 2017

"I see Sweden and Singapore amongst a small group of countries leading the world in terms of developing a vision for future mobility", said Pang Kin Keong, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Transport in Singapore...
Volvo Cars, Autoliv and NVIDIA to develop advanced systems for self-driving cars

5 July 2017

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, Autoliv, the world leading automotive safety company, and NVIDIA, the AI and visual computing company, are teaming up to develop advanced systems and software for self-driving cars.
Big data and strong ideas at Drive Sweden Forum

16 June 2017

Data was the main topic when about 100 Drive Sweden Forum participants gathered at IBM in Kista. Keynote speaker Professor Sonia Yeh from Chalmers University of Technology described how big and continuous data can...
Chinese-Swedish round table discussion on road-safety

16 May 2017

In Beijing, the topic of the day was road safety, as specialists from China, Sweden and also Canada shared their insights. Amongst the Swedish representatives were Anna Johansson, Minister for lnfrastructure and Jan...

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A visualization of our long-term vision

30 September 2015

This video animation was originally created by the Drive Me project in order to build awareness among the general public about what the future will bring in terms of automated cars. It was recently updated and has now been approved by Drive Sweden’s board as a visualization of our common vision for Drive Sweden.

New customer demands - a force for change

12 May 2017

"The car industry needs to change to reflect new consumer demands," said Håkan Samuelsson, CEO Volvo Cars, at the UN Global Compact Network meeting in Gothenburg. "“Our customers want safer, more sustainable and...
Autonomous mobility from a societal perspective

30 April 2017

In an interview in the Swedish magazine 'Ny Teknik' (New Technology), Jan Hellåker, program manager of Drive Sweden, shares his thoughts and insights regarding the challenges that are linked to automated transports....
Greater space efficiency with self-parking cars

15 March 2017

There was a flurry of interest when Volvo Cars and Gothenburg’s parking company presented the results of a completed project within 'Drive Me' on autonomous cars, which will benefit future mobility solutions in a...
By 2030, will traffic jams be a thing of the past?

22 February 2017

In this interview with Cathis Elmsäter-Svärd, Chairwoman of Drive Sweden and a member of the Global Future Council on Mobility, we get a glimpse of what the world we live in could look like by 2030.
Drive Sweden's Annual Conference – a launch pad for our continued activities

3 February 2017

More than 120 enthusiastic participants gathered at the Ericsson Studio in Kista for Drive Sweden’s Annual Conference. The number of members has more than doubled over the first year of operation and a lot of...
Volvo Cars soon starts recruiting drivers for Drive Me

24 January 2017

In 2017 Volvo Cars will recruit people living in Gothenburg, Sweden, to take part in Drive Me – the research project on autonomous driving. Maybe you are interested in receiving a notification when the application...