Nice coverage from Vinnova’s Future Mobility here on Ingrid Skogsmo’s and my presentation at the 2025 Drive Sweden Forum:

“Robotaxis will come to Sweden, to Europe! What does that mean? We don’t want to be overrun by yet another advanced mobility solution. We want to be prepared.” – Sven Beiker, Silicon Valley Mobility.

To build the competence and readiness needed for a large-scale robotaxi implementation in Sweden and Europe, Vinnova, via Future Mobility, has funded the project “Learning for Deployment of Robotaxis at Scale.”

The project was conducted by Ingrid Skogsmo (Ph.D.h.c.), ( Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)), and Sven Beiker, PhD (Silicon Valley Mobility), with support from Pony.ai and Zeekr Technology Europe. The research draws on extensive international mapping, interviews with stakeholders across the United States, China, Europe, and Sweden, and focus group discussions with citizens in California.

The project identified key lessons that can inform future implementations in Europe.