Volvo Cars has completed the design and development of self-driving cars.
The company’s R&D head Peter Mertens said: “Volvo Cars has designed a complete production-viable autonomous driving system. The key to making this unprecedented leap is a complex network of sensors, cloud-based positioning systems and intelligent braking and steering technologies.”
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Volvo Cars said that in case of an emergency the new car would react “faster than most humans,” NDTV Gadgets reported citing Agence France-Presse.
In a pilot initiative with Gothenburg city’s government and the country’s transport authority, the company plans to introduce 100 self-driving cars in the city in 2017.
