Business Combinations	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Business Combinations	Business Combinations Business combinations generally take place to either gain key technology or strengthen Veoneer’s position in a certain geographical area or with a certain customer. The results of operations and cash flows from the Company’s acquisitions have been included in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements prospectively from their date of acquisition. Fotonic i Norden dp AB On November 1, 2017, Autoliv completed the acquisition of all the shares in Fotonic i Norden dp AB (Fotonic), headquartered in Stockholm and Skellefteå in Sweden which were transferred to Veoneer in connection with the Spin-Off. The final acquisition date fair value of the total consideration transferred was $17 million, consisting of a $15 million cash payment and $2 million of deferred purchase consideration, payable at the 18 month anniversary of the closing date. The deferred purchase consideration reflects the hold-back amount as stipulated in the share purchase agreement. The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination. The balance of the deferred purchase consideration remains unchanged at $2 million as of September 30, 2018. Fotonic provides Lidar and Time of Flight camera expertise and the acquisition included 35 Lidar and Time of Flight engineering experts, in addition to defined tangible and intangible assets. The strength of the acquired competence is on the Lidar and Time of Flight camera hardware side which form a complement to Veoneer’s skillset in the Lidar software and algorithms area. Lidar technology is an enabling technology for Highly Automated Driving and considered the primary sensor by all system developers. Fotonic is being reported in the Electronics segment. The net assets acquired as of the acquisition date amounted to $17 million. The final fair values of identifiable assets acquired consisted of intangible assets of $4 million and goodwill of $13 million. Acquired intangibles consisted of the fair value of background IP (patent & technical know-how). The useful life of the IP is five years and will be amortized on a straight-line basis. The recognized goodwill primary reflects the valuation of the acquired workforce of specialist engineers.

Business Combinations

Business combinations generally take place to either gain key technology or strengthen Veoneer’s position in a certain geographical area or with a certain customer. The results of operations and cash flows from the Company’s acquisitions have been included in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements prospectively from their date of acquisition.

Fotonic i Norden dp AB

On November 1, 2017, Autoliv completed the acquisition of all the shares in Fotonic i Norden dp AB (Fotonic), headquartered in Stockholm and Skellefteå in Sweden which were transferred to Veoneer in connection with the Spin-Off. The final acquisition date fair value of the total consideration transferred was $17 million, consisting of a $15 million cash payment and $2 million of deferred purchase consideration, payable at the 18 month anniversary of the closing date. The deferred purchase consideration reflects the hold-back amount as stipulated in the share purchase agreement. The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination. The balance of the deferred purchase consideration remains unchanged at $2 million as of September 30, 2018.

Fotonic provides Lidar and Time of Flight camera expertise and the acquisition included 35 Lidar and Time of Flight engineering experts, in addition to defined tangible and intangible assets. The strength of the acquired competence is on the Lidar and Time of Flight camera hardware side which form a complement to Veoneer’s skillset in the Lidar software and algorithms area. Lidar technology is an enabling technology for Highly Automated Driving and considered the primary sensor by all system developers. Fotonic is being reported in the Electronics segment.

The net assets acquired as of the acquisition date amounted to $17 million. The final fair values of identifiable assets acquired consisted of intangible assets of $4 million and goodwill of $13 million. Acquired intangibles consisted of the fair value of background IP (patent & technical know-how). The useful life of the IP is five years and will be amortized on a straight-line basis. The recognized goodwill primary reflects the valuation of the acquired workforce of specialist engineers.