Volvo eyes driverless car tests
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VOLVO aims to launch an experiment involving self-driving cars in China in which up to 100 such cars could be deployed, the Swedish automaker said yesterday.
The company laid out its vision for China at an event in Beijing, with Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson saying the company is targeting 10 percent year-on-year sales growth this year for the market here.
The planned autonomous drive test will see local drivers test the cars on public roads in everyday conditions, and will be conducted in limited driving situations such as on express roads and highways, company executives said.
“I think we need to build up (consumer) trust in the technology,” Samuelsson said. “So you have to bring it out and demonstrate it.”
The move is part of the Swedish company’s efforts to take advantage of the pledges central government policy-makers in China, the world’s biggest auto market, have made to embrace futuristic technologies such as self-driving cars.
Volvo, wholly owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co, is currently scouting for a city that could provide the necessary permissions, regulations and infrastructure to allow the experiment to go ahead.
“It has to be a big city where there are lots of consumers ... wasting an hour a day in the cars” sitting in traffic, Samuelsson said. “That’s I think realistically where this function can be sold commercially.”
Volvo did not say by when it hopes to conduct the tests nor did it detail the costs.
The self-driving cars that Volvo is envisioning will be like normal cars that alert the driver when autopilot mode can be activated, on freeways or in specific zones such as gated neighborhoods or industrial parks, giving the driver the option to keep or relinquish control, Samuelsson said.
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