Geely’s Volvo Cars said its redesigned XC60 SUV, to be launched at the Geneva Motor show next month, will have three new advanced driver-assistance features designed to provide the driver with automatic steering assistance or support to help avoid potential collisions.
The automaker said it “believes these new features will make the new XC60 one of the safest cars on the road”.
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“We have been working with collision-avoidance systems for many years and we can see how effective they are. In Sweden alone we have seen a decline of around 45% in rear-end frontal crashes thanks to our Collision Warning with Autobrake system. With the XC60 we are determined to take the next step in reducing avoidable collisions, with the addition of steering support and assistance systems,” said Malin Ekholm, senior director at the company’s safety centre.
City Safety has been updated to include steering support which engages when automatic braking alone would not help avoid a potential collision. In such circumstances, the car will provide steering assistance to avoid the obstacle ahead. The system helps to avoid collisions with vehicles, pedestrians and large animals and steering support is active between 50-100 km/h (30-60mph).
Engineers have also added a system called Oncoming Lane Mitigation which helps drivers to avoid collisions with vehicles in an oncoming lane. The system works by alerting a driver who has unwittingly wandered out of a lane by providing automatic steering assistance, guiding them back into their own lane and out of the path of any oncoming vehicle. This system is active between 60-140 km/h (35-85mph).
The optional Blind Spot Information System has been updated to include steer assist functionality that helps to avoid potential collisions by steering the car back into its own lane and away from danger.
“All three of these new features represent clear steps in our work towards fully autonomous cars,” said Ekholm. “We have all of the benefits of the safety technology we introduced in our larger 90 series cars in the new XC60.”
Other safety systems in the XC60, standard or optional, will include Large Animal Detection, Run-off Road Mitigation and the semi-autonomous driver support and convenience system, Pilot Assist.
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