Vehicle manufacturers who want to sell in the highly-prized premium market in the future will need a green offer that meets the demands of increasingly environmentally-aware customers. Sweden offers competence and experience in the full range of green vehicle technologies and fuels, from hybrids to bio-based DME derived from the nation's extensive forests.

Alternative energy pioneer

Today Volvo Trucks, Scania, Volvo Car Corporation and Saab Automobile have extensive green technology programs and collaborate with each other and with the many small innovative Swedish companies to push the technology forward. Volvo Trucks has produced engines running on seven different renewable fuels. At the country's universities, cutting-edge research is underway into the fuels and technologies of the future.

Electric vision

The Swedish Electric Mobility Initiative (SEMI) project, run by the Power Circle cluster, is working for the widespread introduction in Sweden of vehicles powered by electricity from renewable sources. It aims to have 600,000 electric vehicles on the nation's roads by 2020, and 50 demo sites for the vehicles will be established around the country. The project is already well on the way to that target.

Haven for development

Sweden is ideal for electrical vehicles as much of the infrastructure is already in place in the form of connections for engine warmers for cold-weather starts, plus the fact that the vast majority of electricity comes from renewable sources.

Sweden is the clear choice for investors looking to pursue the best environmental automotive technologies.