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Volvo has announced it will have a semi-autonomous driving mode as standard on all the S90 cars it will sell. For now, the news is valid only for the U.S. market, as the company’s press release specifies.
The S90 is set to arrive in showrooms this year and will be fitted in standard trim with the second generation of the Pilot Assist system. The semi-autonomous features of the Pilot Assist technology allow the car to drive itself on a highway at speeds of up to 80 MPH.
Thanks to this feature, the Volvo S90 will be the first car sold in the United States of America with semi-autonomous driving technology as standard, a significant breakthrough on the road to fully-autonomous vehicles. Tesla also offers a semi-autonomous driving feature on the Model S, but it isn’t standard equipment.
The previous generation of the Pilot Assist system allowed Volvo cars fitted with it to accelerate, decelerate, come to a complete stop, resume driving after stopping, and even steer in road conditions that allowed viewing clear lane markings and with another vehicle in front of it. The system worked at speeds of up to 30 MPH.
The advance in technology allowed Volvo to eliminate the need for another car in front of their vehicle to permit the use of their Pilot Assist feature.
Volvo might introduce this feature gradually on other markets for the S90, but the rollout could be restricted by legislative issues. As some of you know, not many countries have allowed automakers to test self-driving cars on their roads and the sale of such vehicles is most likely not favored.
Other carmakers, such as Mercedes-Benz, claim that they could implement self-driving cars on the market if lawmakers allowed them to sell those vehicles. The current generation S-Class is capable of steering on its own based on road markings and can basically drive itself as long as the driver keeps at least one hand on the steering wheel.
Thanks to this feature, the Volvo S90 will be the first car sold in the United States of America with semi-autonomous driving technology as standard, a significant breakthrough on the road to fully-autonomous vehicles. Tesla also offers a semi-autonomous driving feature on the Model S, but it isn’t standard equipment.
The previous generation of the Pilot Assist system allowed Volvo cars fitted with it to accelerate, decelerate, come to a complete stop, resume driving after stopping, and even steer in road conditions that allowed viewing clear lane markings and with another vehicle in front of it. The system worked at speeds of up to 30 MPH.
The advance in technology allowed Volvo to eliminate the need for another car in front of their vehicle to permit the use of their Pilot Assist feature.
Volvo might introduce this feature gradually on other markets for the S90, but the rollout could be restricted by legislative issues. As some of you know, not many countries have allowed automakers to test self-driving cars on their roads and the sale of such vehicles is most likely not favored.
Other carmakers, such as Mercedes-Benz, claim that they could implement self-driving cars on the market if lawmakers allowed them to sell those vehicles. The current generation S-Class is capable of steering on its own based on road markings and can basically drive itself as long as the driver keeps at least one hand on the steering wheel.
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