“Imagine a world in which you travel long distances without the need for airports. A world in which you can avoid airport security, hours of queuing and waiting, and noisy, cramped airliners. What if, instead, you could take your own first-class private cabin that picks you up at home and takes you from door to door?”
Étiquette : volvo
« In the latest research and development in self-driving vehicles, Volvo Group, together with Swedish waste and recycling specialists Renova, is testing a pioneering autonomous refuse truck that has the potential to be used across the urban environment ».
Source : Volvo pioneers autonomous, self-driving refuse truck in the urban environment
The aim of the Drive Me research project is to focus on how to enhance people’s lives and have a positive impact on society. We take a holistic rather than a purely technical approach to our research and development processes. No one else to our knowledge is developing autonomous drive from a human-centric standpoint.
Source : Volvo Cars puts people first in the development of autonomous cars – Volvo Car USA Newsroom
In Pittsburgh, customers will request cars the normal way, via Uber’s app, and will be paired with a driverless car at random. Trips will be free for the time being, rather than the standard local rate of $1.30 per mile. In the long run, Kalanick says, prices will fall so low that the per-mile cost of travel, even for long trips in rural areas, will be cheaper in a driverless Uber than in a private car. “That could be seen as a threat,” says Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson. “We see it as an opportunity.”
Source : Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Bloomberg
Volvo wants us to embrace the commute. The company announced Nov. 18 that it’s planning to have an autonomous vehicle on the streets of Sweden by 2017.
Source : Volvo wants to put self-driving cars on the roads in two years, ahead of Google and Ford – Quartz