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Volvo Pushes Autonomous Braking Further with Cyclist Detection, Beijing Road Users Troubled
Volvo is a manufacturer on a mission to make their cars the safest in the world. They try to push the technology forward more than any other manufacturer, and at this year's edition of the Geneva Motor Show, they revealed a unique new safety system. It is called cyclist detection, but aside from doing the obvious (detect cyclists), it can also bring the car to a halt all on its own, if the sensors pick up a in imminent threat.
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Volvo To Showcase Bicyclist Detection Technology At Ces 2015
Statistics are frightening: 50 percent of all cyclists killed in European traffic have collided with a car, while the States see nearly 50,000 cyclist fatalities and injuries each year. Read more »...
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What Autonomous Emergency Braking Is And Why It’s Important To Have
You probably already know what AEB (Autonomous Emergency Braking) is. It’s a system that’s now being fitted to some cars which automatically applies the brakes when it senses an imminent crash via its array of sensors. Read more »...
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Volvo Promises All-new Xc90 Will Get "world-class Safety And Support Features"
It may not come as a surprise to you that Volvo will be cramming all of its latest and most advanced “safety and support features†into their all-new XC90, which is set for its official debut around the end of next year, but they are. In...
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The Volvo Of The Future Will Drop You Off And Park All By Itself [w/video]
We’ve heard a lot about autonomous driving in recent years, but how about autonomous parking? Volvo has given this a thought and is developing the technology that will make autonomous parking a reality in the future. A Volvo V40 prototype fitted...
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Volvo's Sexy New S60 Sedan Revealed: First Official Photos Of Bmw 3-series Rival
Swedish carmaker Volvo has popped the covers off its new S60 sedan that will make its first public outing at the Geneva Salon in March 2010 with production and sales set to start in early summer of the same year. Albeit toned down a notch, the exterior...
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