Business Region Borås and Western Sweden are forming a cluster for companies that are driving the automotive industry forward. The region is home to world-leading test beds, vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, research institutions, and universities that are working together to create the vehicles of tomorrow.

Test facilities such as Rise, Hällered, AstaZero, Awitar, and Test Center Autoliv operate in the region and help the automotive industry, among others, develop the technology of the future.

Research and Higher Education Institutions
Throughout western Sweden, there are nearly 100,000 students, doctoral candidates, and aspiring engineers, spread across various colleges and universities. Business Region Borås is also home to the exciting SHADES (System Safety through the Combination of HMI and Dependable Systems) project, which studies the effects of faults in automated vehicles and proposes methods for safe transitions to manual driving.

Global manufacturersinclud
, Autoliv, Volvo Cars, Geely, Volvo Buses, and NEVS. Western Sweden has a long tradition of vehicle manufacturing and is well-prepared today, with substantial resources, to continue driving this development forward.

A network of suppliers
Throughout the Borås region, there are hundreds of suppliers in Borås, Mark, Tranemo, and Svenljunga that are vital to the automotive industry.