Environmental Friendly efficient Enjoyable and Safety Optimized Systems
– The EFESOS Project

(Home) Overview EFESOS is a Swedish Vehicle HMI (Human Machine Interaction) FFI research project. The overall ambition is to make driving of future cars more environmental friendly, enjoyable and safer by means of optimized systems. The EFESOS project is divided into three subprojects: USI – User Information and Interaction DRIVI – Driver Information and Interaction, and METOHMI - Methods & Tools Development for HMI The project is managed by Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) and it is a collaboration between VCC and seven other research partners (in alphabetical order below):
	Chalmers University of Technology (CTH)
	HiQ Göteborg AB
	Linköping University (LiU)
	Luleå University of Technology (LTU)
	Semcon AB
	Viktoria Institute
	Volvo Car Corporation (VCC)
	VTI, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
The project started in 2009 and will continue until December 2013. The project is financed by the industry partners mentioned above and around 50% is financed by the following Swedish authorities as part of the FFI (Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation, Swedish Fordonsstrategisk Forskning & Innovation) program:
	Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) - USI
	Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency) - DRIVI
	VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems - METOHMI