Transcript Voloe Injury Proof Car

Background
 Leading the market in car safety for 80 years
 Have created features such as;
 Three point seat belt
 Rear facing child seats
 Side impact protection systems
 Blind spot information systems
Head of Volvo safety team
 “If you look into the future, we as a community will not
accept that we have injuries”
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Jan Ivarsson
Technology
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Radar and Sonar Technology
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“Cyclist detection system”
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“Road train”
Volvo technologies
Technology
Pedestrian detection
External airbag
Collision avoidance
Description
Automatically breaks to avoid
collision with pedestrians.
Deploys in the event of a collision
with a pedestrian
Automatic self-breaking-monitors
vehicles in front and automatically
applies breaks to avoid collisions
with slowing down cars.
Automatic breaking at
junctions
Automatically breaks if driver
accelerates at a junction or
crossroad into path of an
approaching vehicle
Adaptive cruise control
Radar scans distance to the car in
front and automatically adjust
speed to maintain the pre-set
distance to car in front.
Cars link together electronically to
drive themselves in special
Autopilot convoy driving motorway "road trains".
Existing in Volvos already
Future technology
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Advantages
 Lower accidents and fatality rates
 Forces competition to innovate as well
 In the long run it will save millions of lives
Disadvantages
 Public acceptance?
 Can you fully trust a computer driven car?
 Who will take the blame?
Conclusion
 Vision 2020 takes car safety to a new level
 Others following (Google’s driverless car)
 Many more years of pioneering to come
References
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Massey, Ray. N.p.. Web. 15 Apr 2013.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2242930/The-crashproofcar-Volvo-say-British-roads-years.html.
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Swinder, Matt. "Volvo Debuts World's First Cyclist Detection System with
Full Auto-brake." TechRadar. TechRadar, 28 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
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Vijayenthiran, Viknesh. "Volvo Predicts Crash-Proof Cars By 2020: Video."
Motor Authority. Motor Authority, 31 Jan. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
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"XC60 and S60 - IIHS Top Safety Pick Award.". <http://www.volvocars.com>.
Volvo, 1 Jan. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.