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Electric Volvo XC90 successor will have LiDAR-powered safety

Gian Matteo Sacchetti by Gian Matteo Sacchetti
28th June 2021
in Autonomous Driving, Cars, Consumer Vehicles, News, Safety
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Sensors on electric successor to XC90 – Complete sensor set

Sensors on electric successor to XC90 – Complete sensor set

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Volvo Cars has announced that its next fully electric flagship SUV will have industry-leading safety technology as standard.

The fully electric successor to Volvo Cars’ XC90, to be revealed in 2022, will come with state-of-the-art sensors, including LiDAR technology developed by Luminar, and an autonomous driving computer powered by the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip, as standard.

By combining this state-of-the-art hardware with Volvo, the company aims to reduce fatalities and accidents as a whole with this new safety package, according to Håkan Samuelsson, Chief Executive of Volvo Cars.

“Volvo Cars is, and always has been, a leader in safety. It will now define the next level of car safety,” he said. “By having this hardware as standard, we can continuously improve safety features over the air and introduce advanced autonomous drive systems, reinforcing our leadership in safety.”

Once introduced, the technology is expected to mature over time, becoming more capable and allowing the car to assist and improve the capabilities of a human driver in safety-critical situations. Whereas previous generations of technology largely relied on warning the driver about potential immediate threats, this new safety technology will, over time, increasingly intervene as needed to prevent collision.

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Sensors on electric successor to XC90 – LiDAR

Volvo Cars sees saving lives and preventing injuries the company’s first priority, according to Henrik Green, Chief Technology Officer at Volvo Cars.

“In our ambition to deliver ever safer cars, our long-term aim is to achieve zero collisions and avoid crashes altogether,” he said. “As we improve our safety technology continuously through updates over the air, we expect collisions to become increasingly rare and hope to save more lives.”

Beyond the sensor suite and AI computing performance, Volvo’s forthcoming flagship model will also come with back-up systems for key functions such as steering and braking that make it hardware ready for safe, unsupervised autonomous driving once available.

These back-up systems, alongside LiDAR and the computer software, will enable the Highway Pilot functionality, developed in-house together with Volvo Cars’ autonomous driving software development company, Zenseact.

An autonomous driving feature for use on motorways, the optional Highway Pilot will be activated for customers when verified safe and legally allowed for individual geographic locations and conditions.

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Earlier this year, Volvo Cars announced it will use NVIDIA technology to centralise computing. The core computer and autonomous drive computer, both powered by NVIDIA technology, allow its cars to become safer, more personal, and more sustainable over time through over-the-air updates, while also providing it with the computing power required for vision and LiDAR processing.

The new safety technology illustrates Volvo Cars’ commitment in working together with technology leaders to deliver the best and safest possible cars to its customers.

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