Have you ever sat in your car during rush hour on the Kennedy wishing your car could just drive yourself? Well someday this may be possible! The folks at Volvo Car Corporation are working towards developing autonomous driving, and today your friends here at the local Volvo dealership, Fields Volvo Northfield, are here with all the details for you! Read on to learn more!
To take the pain out of your daily commute, Volvo is currently working on self-driving vehicles and the most recent step taken was a new traffic jam assistance system, through which your car will automatically follow the car in front of you during slow-moving traffic. This all-new system represents an evolution of the the current Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keeping Aid technology, which was introduced in the all-new Volvo V40 earlier in 2012, and will work at the push of a button! How easy does that sound? The new traffic jam assistance system is set and ready for production in 2014!
"Our aim is to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving by moving beyond concepts and pioneering technologies that will reach actual customers. Making these features reliable and easy to use is crucial to boosting customer confidence in self-driving cars."
Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development of Volvo Car Corporation
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