The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States has lambasted Uber’s decision to turn off the built-in active safety systems on its Volvo XC90 autonomous driving prototype, which was involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona earlier this year. The agency said that the crash could have been avoided had those systems been left on. In May, the National Transportion Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report of its investigation into the incident. In it, the authority stated that Volvo’s autonomous emergency braking and pedestrian detection system, which would be functioning at all times on a standard XC90, was turned off when the prototype was in self-driving mode. “All these Volvo functions are disabled when the test vehicle is operated in computer control but are operational when the vehicle is operated in manual control,” the report stated. The regular XC90 aced IIHS’ front crash prevention test – … [Read more...] about Fatal Uber self-driving crash would have been avoided had Volvo XC90’s safety systems been active
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Volvo Car Malaysia tech talk
In September 2016, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continued to remain above the symbolic 400 parts per million (ppm) mark, with scientists saying that 2016 will be the year that it will continue to do so, never to return below it in our lifetimes. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), should CO2 levels hit 450 ppm, the average global temperature could increase by as much as two degrees Celsius, which has a huge impact on the world’s climate. A major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is transportation, and with more and more vehicles on the roads these days, it’s easy to see why. Therefore, in order for us to reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles, it is imperative that modern vehicles are as efficient as possible, using as little or no form of fossil fuel at all. Electrification is one of the methods to help achieve that target, and there are plenty of approaches. Electrification includes a wide range of systems, ranging from full electric … [Read more...] about Volvo Car Malaysia tech talk
2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i v Volvo XC60 T6 R Design comparison
It’s medium-sized SUVs rather than mid-sized passenger cars that are the frontline of the luxury-brand wars these days. Premium-medium sports-utility vehicles were comfortably the largest luxury segment in 2017 with 30,820 sales. You can take the BMW 3 Series v X3 trend as a microcosm of the dramatic shift in buyer preferences. A decade ago, the Munich brand’s signature sedan outsold its SUV sibling by 5795 units to 1122. In 2017, 3671 X3s shifted out of showrooms to establish it as BMW Australia’s best-selling model – narrowly pipping fellow sports-utility vehicles the X1 (3658) and X5 (3582). The 3 Series sedan registered 2584 sales. The Volvo XC60 didn’t even exist in 2007, despite the larger XC90 having debuted five years earlier. It did appear in 2008, though, and globally it recorded a remarkable nine years of successive growth to mark it as the Swedish brand’s most popular model. Now Volvo is more renowned for SUVs than it is conventional … [Read more...] about 2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i v Volvo XC60 T6 R Design comparison
2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i v Volvo XC60 T6 R Design
It’s medium-sized SUVs rather than mid-sized passenger cars that are the frontline of the luxury-brand wars these days. Premium-medium sports-utility vehicles were comfortably the largest luxury segment in 2017 with 30,820 sales. You can take the BMW 3 Series v X3 trend as a microcosm of the dramatic shift in buyer preferences. A decade ago, the Munich brand’s signature sedan outsold its SUV sibling by 5795 units to 1122. In 2017, 3671 X3s shifted out of showrooms to establish it as BMW Australia’s best-selling model – narrowly pipping fellow sports-utility vehicles the X1 (3658) and X5 (3582). The 3 Series sedan registered 2584 sales. The Volvo XC60 didn’t even exist in 2007, despite the larger XC90 having debuted five years earlier. It did appear in 2008, though, and globally it recorded a remarkable nine years of successive growth to mark it as the Swedish brand’s most popular model. Now Volvo is more renowned for SUVs than it is conventional … [Read more...] about 2018 BMW X3 xDrive30i v Volvo XC60 T6 R Design
Second gen Volvo XC90 arrives
PUBLISHED: 11:50 09 June 2015 | UPDATED: 13:38 09 June 2015 The flagship Volvo SUV has a bold new look . . . and that’s just for starters 2015 Volvo XC90 Volvo’s first-gen XC90 has only now been replaced. It was a pivotal model for the Swedish firm but after close to a decade-and-a-half, it’s time for a 21st century replacement What’s new? Given the importance of this second-generation XC90, it would be easier to list what hasn’t changed in the transition from old to new. That’s right, this is a properly all-new premium SUV. The car’s bold exterior look is just one of many key changes to the XC90 recipe, as Volvo is setting its sights even higher in the fiercely competitive premium SUV market. The Swedish firm routinely name checks the hugely popular Range Rover Sport as a direct rival, and with this XC90’s enhanced luxury specification it’s also knocking on the door of the mighty Range Rover itself. Factor in a wealth of safety … [Read more...] about Second gen Volvo XC90 arrives