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Page 1: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact
Page 2: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Background

Leading the market in car safety for 80 years

Have created features such as; Three point seat belt Rear facing child seats Side impact protection systems Blind spot information systems

Page 3: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Head of Volvo safety team

“If you look into the future, we as a community will not accept that we have injuries”

Jan Ivarsson

Page 4: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Technology

• Radar and Sonar Technology

• “Cyclist detection system”

• “Road train”

Page 5: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Volvo technologiesTechnology Description Existing in Volvos already Future technology

Pedestrian detection Automatically breaks to avoid collision with pedestrians. ✔ −

External airbagDeploys in the event of a collision with a pedestrian ✔ −

Collision avoidance

Automatic self-breaking-monitors vehicles in front and automatically applies breaks to avoid collisions with slowing down cars. ✔ −

Automatic breaking at junctions

Automatically breaks if driver accelerates at a junction or crossroad into path of an approaching vehicle − ✔

Adaptive cruise control

Radar scans distance to the car in front and automatically adjust speed to maintain the pre-set distance to car in front. − ✔

Autopilot convoy driving

Cars link together electronically to drive themselves in special motorway "road trains". − ✔

Page 6: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Advantages

Lower accidents and fatality rates

Forces competition to innovate as well

In the long run it will save millions of lives

Page 7: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Disadvantages

Public acceptance?

Can you fully trust a computer driven car?

Who will take the blame?

Page 8: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

Conclusion

Vision 2020 takes car safety to a new level

Others following (Google’s driverless car)

Many more years of pioneering to come

Page 9: Background  Leading the market in car safety for 80 years  Have created features such as;  Three point seat belt  Rear facing child seats  Side impact

References

Massey, Ray. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242930/The-crashproof-car-Volvo-say-British-roads-years.html.

Swinder, Matt. "Volvo Debuts World's First Cyclist Detection System with Full Auto-brake." TechRadar. TechRadar, 28 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

Vijayenthiran, Viknesh. "Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video." Motor Authority. Motor Authority, 31 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

"XC60 and S60 - IIHS Top Safety Pick Award.". <http://www.volvocars.com>. Volvo, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.