Volvo Cars' Anders Bell: Cultural changes enable SDVs more than architecture

About this episode

Anders Bell discusses how Volvo Cars' organizational changes are accelerating the development of software-defined vehicles.

Anders Bell, chief engineering and technology officer at Volvo Cars, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how organizational changes at Volvo have helped it accelerate its development of software-defined vehicles. He also explains how the automaker is localizing operations to keep up with China’s integrated supply chains.

People in this episode

Host: Molly Boigon

Guest: Anders Bell

Topics covered

• software-defined vehicles
• organizational changes
• localization
• supply chains
• automotive technology

Keywords

• Volvo Cars
• Anders Bell
• software-defined vehicles
• localization
• China supply chains

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Volvo Cars

Places: China

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