2026 SVEA Vehicle Dynamics seminar

Proceedings (editor), 2026

This year, we have chosen a very open topic for the seminar. In engineering and vehicle development, we face significant challenges. These include energy and climate, sustainability and resilience, and the balance between global and local perspectives. At the same time, there are major opportunities. These include electric propulsion, AI in product development, AI embedded in products, and the use of big data and cloud technologies. The overall purpose of our products remains unchanged. They should provide efficient and safe road and ground transportation. However, these opportunities are likely to reshape many concepts that have evolved over decades of vehicle engineering. Many of these opportunities have existed for a long time. In recent years, global and local political developments have increased the urgency to act on them.

With this as background, the seminar will present a selection of studies/findings/proposals. Most presentations origing from Sweden, but we have a couple of international presentations also. The seminar invites engineers and technicians in and after work-life as well as young engineers under education. An important purpose with the seminar is to create and maintain networks between us.

Autoliv will present their test track but also their workplace. Hence the first presentation and the lunch demo tour on test track is also a SVEA workplace meeting, so we underline that also engineers outside the core vehicle dynamics are welcome.

Presentations:

Pres1: Overview and introduction to Autoliv and the Vårgårda test track
Filip Petersson, Autoliv

Pres2: Sustainability in commercial transport: the eTrailer from Trailer Dynamics
Abdullah Jaber, CEO and Dr.-Ing. René Henn, Head of Vehicle Performance, Validation & Testing, Trailer Dynamics GmbH
 
Pres3: A path-following controller for reversing tractor-trailer and A-double
Zhaohui Ge, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg

Pres4: On the performance of heavy vehicle tyres on the winter roads
Miro-Tommi Tuutijärvi, University of Oulo, Uleåborg, Finland

Pres5: Potential customer benefits of Torque Vectoring in Heavy Commercial Vehicles
Jolle IJkema, Scania

Pres 6: From Intent to Action: AI-Assisted Vehicle Dynamics Design Using Validated Modelica Libraries
Johan Andreasson, Modelon

Pres 7: Swedish vehicle engineering education:
 * Pres 7a: KTH, Vehicle engineering, Mikael Nybacka, KTH
 * Pres 7b: Chalmers, Mobility engineering & Systems, Control and Mechatronics, Bengt Jacobson, ChalmersAll


Posters:

Post1: Development environments for route based functions in road vehicles
Victor Andersson, Chalmers

Post2: Turbulence signal approximation at unsimulated yaw angles
William Kumlien, Chalmers & VCC

Post3: Steer-by-wire with closed-loop yaw rate control
Mohammad Faddawi and Elmer Janmark, VCC

Post4: Experimental validation of road friction and slope estimation models for enhanced AEB performance in heavy trucks
Malte Håkanson, KTH & Scania/Traton