Winter Car Testing

The Winter Test Region is a one-of-a-kind cluster filled to the brim with the world’s leading vehicle and component manufacturers. The region includes the municipalities Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Älvsbyn and Jokkmokk, which during the winter turns into a world-leading test hub for companies such as VW, BMW, Daimler, Audi, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lamborghini, MAN, BOSCH, Continental, and many more.

Nowhere else in the world will you find an international cluster with such high concentration of knowledge and experience in winter car testing as in northern Sweden. During the summer, the Winter Test Region lies somewhat dormant with roughly 3 000 local inhabitants in Arjeplog and 6 000 in Arvidsjaur (the two main hubs of the Winter Test Region). However, during the winter test season the population nearly doubles. Engineers from all over the globe and from many different companies flood the region together with thousands of vehicles. Along with local winter test specialists and an infrastructure specifically adapted to winter testing, everything you need will be within your reach, from charging infrastructure, accommodation and workshops to land tracks and lake tracks tracks as well as events for your off-time.

This all started almost 50 years ago when the two pioneers David Sundström & Per-Axel Andersson lent out their own landing strip on Lake Hornavan, Sweden’s deepest lake, to a group of visiting car testers performing winter testing on the public road network in northern Sweden. The rest is history – learn more about it here 

The presence of all these different component and vehicle manufacturers in the same place undoubtedly brings forth unique synergies in the form of potential collaborations and knowledge exchange between companies and local institutions.

In the Winter Test Region, you will find the complete package. A successful winter test project requires more than just state of the art winter test tracks. Other factors such as accommodation, local knowledge, and logistic solutions are also of great importance when testing in extreme subarctic conditions.