News

On November 7 a full house at our venue in Stockholm got to take part of some of the project results made within the KRABAT project. Presentations from all work packages, covering connected shared shuttle services, at the auto pilot in Stockholm, system solutions for shared cars, automated city buses, connected traffic signals and the policy lab fo future services, were made. And the progress being made was clear.

The potential an autonomous bus can have in a bus depot was demonstrated on November 12 by Volvo Buses and Keolis. An electric and autonomous bus then drove itself between different stations a bus needs to visit in the depot between the shifts. The demonstration is one of the first in the world and represents an important step on the road to more autonomous vehicles as well as safer, cleaner and more efficient public transport.

As new technology and services constantly move forward the need for innovation within policy and regulation becomes increasingly important. If the legal framework is having a hard time keeping up with the rapid changes great innovation might be halted or even stopped. As a result of this, Drive Sweden has named policy development as one of the program's thematic areas. Further plans for this will be presented shortly. An actor that will be involved in this area is KOMET, an initiative from the Swedish government to create a better and more in-sync playingfield for innovation, with focus on policy development.

France and Sweden are at the forefront of smart mobility and can sharpen competence and develop new innovation through a deeper partnership. In September, Vinnova opened a call to develop collaborative innovation within smart mobility between actors in France and Sweden. Last day to apply is Feb 4 2020.

Hundreds took the chance to listen to Bryan Reimer, Lex Fridman, Philip Anderson and Markus Lingman during a day with the theme "International Outlook - Engineering for the human in an AI fueled future" that was held at Lindholmen Science Park May 17. Here you have the chance to take part of the seminar, watch, learn and enjoy!

Silicon Valley in California is the place where many of the transport services of the future are born. Areas such as electrification, new types of shared transport services, data sharing and new payment solutions are being launched at a furious pace by both startups and tech giants in Silicon Valley.

The event brings together the experts from around the world to Helsinki to discuss the newest innovations and the future of mobility and transport. You can submit your paper as well as your demonstration proposal until May 31!