Volvo aims to have fully autonomous vehicles by 2020 that are safer than human-driven cars. They plan to test 100 self-driving Volvo cars on public roads near Gothenburg from 2017-2018. The benefits of autonomous vehicles include improved safety, environment, traffic flow, and infrastructure efficiency. Key technologies include cameras, radar, laser, maps, and cloud connection.

1. Självkörande bilar –
snart verklighet?
Kalle Runnberg
Director Government Affairs
Volvo Car Group

3. Global megatrends
• Continued urbanisation
• Growing number of megacities
• Air quality major health issue
• Traffic accidents huge global health problem
• Desire for constant connectivity
• Desire for individual mobility
• Transition to sustainable fuels/energy

4. safety: Vision 2020
Our vision is to design cars that should not crash.
In the shorter perspective the aim is that by 2020 no-one
should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car.
In 90–95 % of all crashes, human error is partly or fully responsible.
Eliminating human error offers the largest potential in reaching the target.
An automation system that does not require supervision can be made
safer than one that relies on human supervision.
Human Errors
(57-93 %)
Vehicle
Faults
(13%)
Traffic
Environment
(34%)

5. MAIN BENEFITS WITH AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
• Safety
• Environment
• Traffic flow
• Lower and more efficient
infrastructure investments
• Use of time

6. The technology
• Camera
• Radar
• Laser
• Map data
• Cloud connection
• Traffic Control Centre

8. Focus areas
• Societal and economical
benefits: improving traffic
efficiency, traffic environment
and road safety
• Infrastructure aspects
• Suitable traffic situations
• Customer expectations on
autonomous vehicles
• How surrounding road users
interact with a self-driving car
• Legal aspects

9. COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
• A world-unique large-scale test of self-driving
vehicles
• Project started Dec 2013
• 100 self-driving Volvo Cars on public roads in
2017-2018
• Autonomous Driving (driver not
supervising the drive) at selected roads
• Approx. 50 km around Gothenburg
• Autonomous parking

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