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Volvo has just announced that there are now one million of their cars fitted with AEB (autonomous emergency braking) on the road and for most of them (aside from XC90 buyers), the system actually came as standard, otherwise the psychological milestone number would have been reached much later.
- Volvo & Autoliv Working Together On Autonomous Driving Initiative
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- Volvo Tells Us That Cyclists May Not Always Be Visible [w/videos]
For Volvo, just having an autonomous braking system that could spot pedestrians, vehicles and other stationary obstacles wasn’t capable enough, so they have now increased its capability by making it also detect bicyclists. It makes a big deal...
- Epic Fail: 2011 Volvo S60 "collision Warning With Auto Brake" System Doesn't Work, Car Crashes At Press Event! [with Video]
It's probably a PR's worst nightmare - having something going completely wrong at a press event. And that's exactly what happened to Volvo at the media presentation of the firm's new S60 saloon in Sweden this week. See, the Swedes wanted...
- Video: Swedes Test Drive 2011 Volvo S60 Sedan Prototype With Automatic Braking System
The next-generation Volvo S60, which is based on the 2009 Detroit Show concept, won't be launched onto the market until summer of 2010, but the folks over at Sweden's Teknikensvarld magazine were invited by Volvo to Copenhagen, Denmark to check...
- Toyota Builds One Millionth Vehicle In Turkey
Toyota announced today that cumulative production at its manufacturing plant in Turkey reached one-million vehicles. The milestone that coincides with the start of production of Toyota's third generation Verso MPV, at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey...
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Volvo Announces Sale of One Millionth Automatic Braking Car [w/Videos]
Volvo has just announced that there are now one million of their cars fitted with AEB (autonomous emergency braking) on the road and for most of them (aside from XC90 buyers), the system actually came as standard, otherwise the psychological milestone number would have been reached much later.
Nevertheless, facts and figures are absolute in their meaning, and this is genuinely an achievement, which goes some way to support the Swedes’ commitment to not have a single person die in any of their cars after 2020.
Read more »- Volvo & Autoliv Working Together On Autonomous Driving Initiative
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- Volvo Tells Us That Cyclists May Not Always Be Visible [w/videos]
For Volvo, just having an autonomous braking system that could spot pedestrians, vehicles and other stationary obstacles wasn’t capable enough, so they have now increased its capability by making it also detect bicyclists. It makes a big deal...
- Epic Fail: 2011 Volvo S60 "collision Warning With Auto Brake" System Doesn't Work, Car Crashes At Press Event! [with Video]
It's probably a PR's worst nightmare - having something going completely wrong at a press event. And that's exactly what happened to Volvo at the media presentation of the firm's new S60 saloon in Sweden this week. See, the Swedes wanted...
- Video: Swedes Test Drive 2011 Volvo S60 Sedan Prototype With Automatic Braking System
The next-generation Volvo S60, which is based on the 2009 Detroit Show concept, won't be launched onto the market until summer of 2010, but the folks over at Sweden's Teknikensvarld magazine were invited by Volvo to Copenhagen, Denmark to check...
- Toyota Builds One Millionth Vehicle In Turkey
Toyota announced today that cumulative production at its manufacturing plant in Turkey reached one-million vehicles. The milestone that coincides with the start of production of Toyota's third generation Verso MPV, at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey...