Vehicle safety and autonomous systems
Business Region Borås and West Sweden are building a business cluster that will drive the automotive industry forwards. World leading testbeds, vehicle manufacturers, subcontractors, research and educational institutions are found here, creating tomorrow’s vehicles together.
Testbeds like Rise, Hällered, AstaZero, Awitar and Test Center Autoliv operate in the region, helping the automotive and other industries to develop the technology of the future.
Research and educational institutions
In West Sweden there are around 100 000 students, postgraduates, and future engineers, spread around different colleges and universities. Also being carried out in Business Region Borås is the exciting project, SHADES (System Safety through the Combination of HMI and Dependable Systems), which studies the effects of faults in automated vehicles and suggests methods for safe transitions to manual driving.
Global manufacturers
Autoliv, Volvo Cars, Geely, Volvo Buses and Nevs. West Sweden has a long tradition of vehicle manufacture and is equipped with all the resources to continue to drive development forwards.
A network of subcontractors
There are hundreds of subcontractors in Borås, Mark, Tranemo and Svenljunga in Region Borås, who are vitally important for the automotive industry.