Tällberg Chairman Bo Ekman and Tällberg Board member Hans-Olov Olsson weigh in to the pressing debate on the future of the auto industry, particularly in Sweden, where global brands SAAB and Volvo Cars have their roots and major production sites that connect throughout the economic base of the country. Olsson is the former CEO of Volvo Cars and Ekman a former Volvo executive.
 
The debate in Sweden comes just as the urgency of government support is being raised in Germany and the United States. Articles in three Swedish newspapers published this week take up the question of the future of Swedish auto-making. Both Olsson and Ekman strongly advocate for government support for the now American-owned car manufacturers. Putting it bluntly, Ekman writes that, Without cars, Sweden stalls.

The articles are in Swedish and can be found here:

Självklart att staten måste hjälpa Volvo att överleva,
publicerad i Dagens Industri den 1 december

Staten bör köpa Volvo av omsorg om människorna,
publicerad i Göteborgs-Posten den 30 november 2008

Utan bil stannar Sverige,
publicerad i Ny Teknik den 26 november