News from around the world

Waymo and Way More

Just when it seemed the AV industry might cool off ahead of summer—especially amid a turbulent global economy—news has continued to roll in at an unprecedented pace. Here’s a summary, broken down by key players, starting with the market leader.

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Drive Sweden Talk: Cities as testbeds

How can virtual and real cities be used as testbeds for smart mobility solutions? Listen to this talk with Brandon Branham, Executive Director of Curiosity Lab, Peachtree Corners, USA, Timo Kero, CTO, AstaZero and Mikael Ivari, Senior Advisor at Department for Urban Environment, City of Gothenburg. The talk is moderated by Malin Andersson, Program Director, Drive Sweden.

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New Projects

TEAPaN 2 – towards practical implementation

TEAPaN 2 (Traﬃc Event Assessment, Prioritizing and Notification) will offer an open IT ecosystem for increased traffic safety and system capacity, as well as decision support for improved precision in alarm and blue light actors' handling of traffic incidents.

When delivery robots enter public spaces: A longitudinal study of Starship robots in Stockholm

How does society adapt to a new transport technology in the form of autonomous delivery robots?

MicroTOX

MicroTOX will investigate how intelligent technology and communication systems can help prevent intoxicated riding for cyclists and e-scooterists.

Knowledge sharing

Lunch & Learn: Trafikanalys's annual report on the transport policy objectives

How sustainable is the transportation system today, what does the development look like, and what challenges remain? Every year, Trafikanalys monitors the transport policy objectives regarding a socio-economically efficient and long-term sustainable transport supply for citizens and businesses throughout the country. At this lunch seminar, we present and discuss their latest report. (In Swedish)

Lunch & Learn: Lane-based dynamic traffic control using connected vehicles

Urban motorways and ring roads often experience recurrent congestion. Existing traffic control measures used to reduce the problems include variable speed limits, ramp control, and lane closures. Connected vehicles and digital regulations can enable more dynamic traffic control. In this Lunch & Learn webinar we present and discuss a recent pre-study on this topic.

Visit to the Digital Proving Ground

As the third meeting in the workshop series, The Digital Infrastructure of the Future, we were pleased to invite you to an end of project demonstration of the Drive Sweden project Digital Proving Ground. In this exclusive visit we learned about the connected transport system of the future and how the result of this project can support you in the development through testing and verification. See the presentations that were shown during the visit.

Seminar on traffic signals and modern traffic management as alternatives within the four-step principle

On May 6th InfraSweden and DriveSweden organized a seminar on traffic signals and modern traffic management in Stockholm. The seminar was held in Swedish.

Coming events

Lunch & Learn: Why we should care about the Data Act!

The EU Data Act is set to change the game for how data from connected products can be used and shared. For the transport sector – where vehicles, logistics solutions, and infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected – this implies both new opportunities and legal obligations. This webinar will be held mainly in Swedish.

Can mobility hubs increase the sustainable use of micromobility?

Meet Drive Sweden in Almedalen! At Hållbarhetsarenan we will arrange a seminar on June 24th on the potential of mibility hubs.

Drive Sweden Forum 2025

Drive Sweden Forum is the meeting place for actors who want to be at the forefront and contribute to driving the development of digitized, connected and shared mobility solutions.

External Events

Future Mobility: Innovation Collaboration Between the United States and Sweden in Sustainable Mobility

Funding is available for bilateral innovation projects. This webinar explains why the United States is an important collaboration partner, how you can apply for funding, and shares results from previous projects.

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