Volvo is doing its best efforts to present most up-to-dated techs on its cars. Recently, this company has confirmed the presence of the LiDAR system on next-generation electric Volvo XC90. Also, there will be other sensors along this safe drive system.
LiDAR (light detection and ranging) is not a very recent technology, there are many vehicles uses this handy technology. The main duty of it is to make the car safer and more convenient to drive. It was developed with Luminar now and the result is safer self-drive. Actually, the main tasks are on the Luminar and Zenseact’s shoulders as they are responsible for the software. Interestingly, NVIDIA also handles the part of autonomous driving computer. Yes! This Electric Volvo XC90 has NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip. It’s cool, isn’t it?
By the new safety package of this Swedish automaker, it is expected to less fatalities and accidents, while the Volvo’s collision avoidance technology is highly improved. In the same time, this company made good efforts by the Over-The-Air updates. So, your car gets more and more intelligent over time and prevent collisions to help save lives.
This news can be good news. As this car is announced as a safe vehicle, the insurance costs will drop. In fact, this package, brings insurance coverage where available, is standard on all fully electric Volvo cars. Just for reminding, all of the Volvo’s will be electrified by the end of this decade.
LiDAR and AI are not just the keys to a safer car. This XC90 would have backup systems for the functional steering and braking, just in case if unsupervised autonomous driving, dubbed Highway Pilot availability.
By now there are just this information. By the 30th of June other specific information would be revealed.