RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) is an independent, state-owned research institute that offers unique expertise and around 100 test and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products and services. In international collaboration with companies, academia and the public sector, RISE contributes to a competitive business community and a sustainable society. A total of 2,300 employees drive and support all types of innovation processes.

"Awitar, together with the AstaZero test facility and our upcoming test bed for electromobility, means that RISE is well equipped to be a strong innovation partner for the Swedish automotive industry also in the future."

Increasingly complex vehicles with radar, cameras and sensors are rolling on our roads. Interference testing of vehicle electronics is becoming increasingly important and is a prerequisite for the transition to the autonomous vehicles of the future, which must be able to communicate wirelessly with each other. AWITAR (Automotive Wireless Test and Research Facility) is RISE's new world-leading test and development facility for wireless communication systems and EMC for, for example, autonomous vehicles and active safety systems. The facility has been developed in close collaboration between RISE and the Swedish automotive industry. AWITAR is characterized by high flexibility with the capacity to test both passenger cars and heavy vehicles up to 70 tons.

At Volvo's facility in Hällered, there are a total of 15 different test tracks where they test everything that a Volvo car can face. Off-road conditions and road driving with different types of demanding surfaces. Here, 75 well-trained and experienced test drivers work at the facility, together with staff in workshops and service stations.

The world's first full-scale test environment for the development of future road safety can be found just outside Borås. Astazero is an open, international platform for all stakeholders such as vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, authorities, road agents, universities and technical institutes and colleges. At the facility, unique environments have been created for testing all possible scenarios in research, development and certification of future road safety systems.

An accredited laboratory within the Autoliv Group, with a high level of expertise and long experience in providing testing services of an international nature, particularly to the automotive industry. It performs simulation, design and testing to support the evaluation of products and components. It also develops cost-effective test methods, designs and manufactures test equipment and fixtures. The workshop also handles the manufacture of prototypes in small quantities.