Volvo Cars Company has long promised to release in the next year on the roads hundred crossover XC90, equipped with autopilot based on NVIDIA components.
This week, Volvo Cars has admitted that it isin talks with the municipal authorities of several Chinese cities to be able to release one more batch of 100 prototypes XC90, using the autopilot system. Why China? First, the Swedish company for a few years belongs to the Chinese holding company Geely, also produce cars. For business owners, this practice Volvo - a great chance to use the software to automate the operating time of the Swedes own car control systems. Especially because the "hardware" of Geely and Volvo have already started to develop the platform together.
Second, China continues to be one of the fastest-growing automotive markets. Robocar have to get used to the local conditions, which from the point of view of driver's discipline and traffic are far from ideal.
Finally, representatives of Volvo called themselves another factor forcing the manufacturer to test robocar is in China. This experiment will help local authorities to develop the rules and requirements to automobile autopilot. Experiments can not be started without the approval of the authorities, and the autopilot can not be improved without the collection of practical experiments. This turns out in vicious circle, and Volvo intends to break it on the ground in China. Related Products :
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