The Drive Me project – a unique public pilot with ordinary drivers behind the steering wheels of 100 self-driving Volvos – has been joined by a new prominent Swedish partner: Chalmers University of Technology.
“We are very happy that Chalmers is joining our aim to pinpoint the societal benefits of autonomous driving”, says Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO of the Volvo Car Group. “The academic perspective will be crucial to our efforts to integrate self-driving cars into real-life traffic and to position Sweden as a leader in the development of future mobility”.
Chalmers University is joining the original partners, Volvo Car Group, the Swedish Transport Administration, the Swedish Transport Agency, Lindholmen Science Park and the City of Gothenburg in this one-of-a-kind collaboration, which is endorsed by the Swedish Government.
Chalmers – adding an academic perspective on self-driving cars
As the academic partner in Drive Me, Chalmers will strengthen the project’s scientific dimension, which will now include independent research and programmes for educating new experts.
“Drive Me is perfectly in tune with our aim to be an academic powerhouse in the field of automated transport solutions. We will bring knowledge and research capacity to the broad Drive Me approach, which will be crucial in ensuring the efficient integration of technological and organisational mobility solutions in the future”, says Karin Markides, President at Chalmers University of Technology.
