The Volvo Group is involved in a comprehensive series of cooperative ventures with other companies, research bodies and academic institutions to advance the technologies needed for future product development.

Major research strategy body

• ERTRAC (The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council)
  Develops a framework for co-ordination of public and private resources to research >>
  
  
  
  

Major programs and organizations

• ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency)
  Operates to turn the concept of sustainable development into a concrete reality >>
  
  
• ANR (L'Agence Nationale de la Recherche)
  The French National Research Agency >>
  
  
• The Swedish Energy Agency
  Promotes an ecological and economically sustainable energy system >>
  
  
• FFI (Fordonsstrategisk Forskning & Innovation)
  Sustainable transport policy for Sweden (in Swedish) >>
  
  
• NFFP (National Aviation Engineering Research Programme)
  Further develops aviation research resources in Sweden >>
  
  
• MISTRA (the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research)
  Supports research of strategic importance for a good living environment >>
  
  
• The Swedish Research Council
  A government agency that provides funding for research in all disciplinary domains >>
  
  
• FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development)
  EU's main instrument for funding research in Europe, 2007-2013 >>
  
  
• PREDIT (Programme de recherche et d’innovation dans les transports terrestres)
  A program of research, experimentation and innovation in land transport, France >>
  
  
• US Environmental Protection Agency
  Leads USA's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts >>
  
  
• US Department of Energy
  Promotes innovations in science and technology >>
  
  
• US Department of Transportation
  Oversees federal highway and other transportation administration functions >>
  
  
• US Department of Defense
  Visit the official web site for the US Department of Defense >>
  
  
• VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems)
  Promotes sustainable growth and the objectives of Sweden’s transport policy >>
  
  
  
  

Major clustering agents

• BIL Sweden
  Represents manufacturers and importers of cars, trucks and buses in Sweden >>
  
  
• EUCAR (The European Council for Automotive R & D)
  Major European automakers collaborate for top R&D performance >>
  
  
• Lindholmen Science Park
  A cluster of key players in intelligent transport located in Göteborg, Sweden >>
• LUTB (Lyon Urban Truck And Bus)
  Cluster for public mass transit and transport of goods in urban environments >>
  
  
• ERTICO – ITS Europe 
  ERTICO – ITS Europe is a multi-sector, public/private partnership pursuing the development and deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS).(www.ertico.com)
  
  
• ITS America  (The Intelligent Transportation Society of America) (www.itsa.org)
  The Intelligent Transportation Society of America is the leading advocate for technologies that improve the safety, security and efficiency of the nation's surface transportation system.
  
  
• ITS Sweden
  ITS Sweden develops, supports and coordinates the Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) development in Sweden. (http://www.its-sweden.se/)