A new organization, Strategic Alliance for Autonomous Mobility – SAAM Denmark, has been launched. The organization, which aims to promote the sustainable use of self-driving technology, was founded by the environmental organization Rådet for Grøn Omstilling and the company Holo, which has been working with self-driving technology since 2016.

“Denmark has all the prerequisites to become a pioneer country for autonomous mobility, but this requires that we move from pilot projects to scalable solutions. SAAM must be the platform that brings together knowledge, actors and concrete projects – and makes the technology work in practice.” says Stefan Krogh-Hansen, CEO, Holo

The purpose is to create an alliance that will bring together the players in Denmark and at the same time function as an international contact point, raise the level of knowledge about the technology in Denmark and create projects that can contribute to the rollout of the technology.

"The technology is ready. It is more about how we want to use the technology in our society. That is why it is important to have an alliance that can work to ensure that Denmark can fulfill the potential that exists to create more efficient transport and logistics, while at the same time we can minimize resource consumption and contribute with better and cheaper mobility, especially in remote areas of Denmark."", says Jeppe Juul from SAAM.

SAAM has a special focus on how self-driving technology can be used as part of public transport. Therefore, it is natural that the first members of SAAM are the Danish Transport Companies.

"We are really pleased that the transport companies are actively looking into how technology can be used as part of public transport, and we are really pleased that they think that SAAM is a good framework for this work. The potential for improving mobility, especially for the outer areas of Denmark, is great and the transport companies are the natural place to anchor the effort."”, says Jeppe Juul.

Together with similar organizations in other European countries, SAAM Denmark is part of the European organization PAVE.

For further information:

www.saam.dk

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