The VTI Board of Directors have taken the decision to establish an advanced driving simulator in Göteborg. The investment cost will be 20 million Swedish crowns. The Region Västra Götaland and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova, are among the main financers.
The investment involves an advanced, high-tech simulator being built up which will certainly become an important and central part in the open research environment in Göteborg.
– It is extremely positive to be able to start to build the new simulator in Göteborg, says the Director General of VTI, Jonas Bjelfvenstam. This gives us the opportunity to offer an open, world class research environment in western Sweden which is the center of the Swedish vehicle industry. I hope this will inspire and motivate other long-term investments for research and development, too.
VTI already has research cooperation with parties in the Göteborg area.
– Now we hope that this cooperation will grow so that VTI’s work within vehicle technology and human-machine-interaction will expand.
It is expected that the investment will promote the development of Swedish vehicle technology and research activities, it now being possible to offer the simulator for virtual product development and prototyping.
The establishment of the simulator in Göteborg also means that research teams, inside as well as outside VTI, now are able to apply for EU research programmes while they have this unique equipment to promote their competitiveness.
A distinctive feature of the new driving simulator is its motion system that enables linear motion both in x and y directions, as well as its system to visualize a view wider than 180 degrees. It is possible to change the cabin design, too, from a passenger car cabin to a driver cabin of a lorry.
Contact:
Jonas Jansson, jonas.jansson@vti.se, +46 13 20 40 37
Pontus Matstoms, pontus.matstoms@vti.se, +46 13 20 40 67