Innovative power for Sweden

After a tumultuous period in the world of driverless trucks, especially among startups as we reported last fall , the industry is now seeing some promising developments. A new partnership has been announced, set to accelerate the development and eventual global deployment of SAE Level 4 autonomous driving solutions. Plus.ai is joining forces with the Traton Group , which includes the Scania, MAN, and Navistar truck brands. This strategic alliance follows a trend among the world's leading truck manufacturers, to align with separate AV stack providers to enhance their capabilities. The Volvo...

Exchange for more BETs is a Future Mobility-funded project and collaborative effort between Sweden and the United States. The project parties, CALSTART and e-Mobility, Lindholmen Science Park have been involved in many early deployments seeking to study how zero-emissions trucks perform in real-world fleet operations. The project goal is to have actors in Sweden and the United States share knowledge and learn from each other’s experience with the early development of the zero-emission truck market.

The first Drive Sweden Forum of 2024 was held online on February 8 with nine project presentations, diving into the topics of next generation public transport, traffic safety and connected and automated vehicles. The links below will take you to the project pages where the recordings of the presentations can be found. See also keynote speakers Prachi J. Vakharia from Womanium in the US and Kai Kristoffersen from Norwegian Vy. Keynote: Kai Kristoffersen, Vy – Autonomous vehicles in Stavanger During the fall of 2023 Norway drew a lot of attention with the tests with self-driving buses taking...