Autoliv Inaugurates Innovation Center in Sweden to Speed Up Safety Tech Development
Autoliv, the global leader in automotive safety, inaugurated a new Innovation Center in Vårgårda, Sweden, to accelerate development of life-saving mobility solutions.
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What Happened
Autoliv inaugurated the Autoliv Innovation Center in Vårgårda, Sweden, on June 3, 2026. The center integrates research, system architecture, testing, prototyping, and pilot production to enable faster technical evaluation and shorter development cycles. It builds on over 70 years of safety expertise.
“The Autoliv Innovation Center is a strategic development in how we advance safety going forward. By bringing the full innovation chain together, we can move faster from insight to real-world impact and scale solutions globally.”
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Autoliv’s products also reduce around 600,000 injuries every year.
- Advanced motorcycle safety solutions
- Human Body Models (HBM) for injury assessment
- Load Limit Management (LLM) technologies
- Pyrotechnic Safety Switch (PSS) for electrical safety
- Safety systems for commercial vehicles
Why this matters
The center combines research, testing, and prototyping under one roof to shorten development cycles, aiming to further reduce road fatalities and injuries worldwide.
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- Human Body Models (HBM)
- Computer simulations of the human body used to predict injury in crash tests.
- Load Limit Management (LLM)
- Technologies that control seatbelt force during a crash to reduce injury.
- Pyrotechnic Safety Switch (PSS)
- A device that uses a small explosive charge to disconnect high-voltage circuits in electric vehicles after a crash.
- Triple-helix approach
- A model where industry, academia, and government collaborate to drive innovation.
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