Business Region Borås and West Sweden form a cluster for companies that drive the automotive industry forward. Here you will find world-leading test beds, vehicle manufacturers, subcontractors, research and universities that together create the vehicles of tomorrow.

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

Research and educational institutions
Around western Sweden, there are almost 100,000 students, doctoral students and future engineers, spread across various colleges and universities. The Business Region Borås also runs the exciting project SHADES (System Safety through the Combination of HMI and Dependable Systems), which studies the effects of errors in automated vehicles and proposes methods for safe transitions to manual driving.

Global manufacturers
Autoliv, Volvo Cars, Geely, Volvo Buses and Nevs. Western Sweden has a long tradition of vehicle manufacturing and is today prepared with great resources to continue to drive development forward.

A network of subcontractors
Around the Borås region there are hundreds of subcontractors in Borås, Mark, Tranemo and Svenljunga who are vital to the automotive industry.