Next year, Volvo said it would make available in Sweden 100 autonomous driving XC90s that will be capable of driving themselves on roughly 50 kilometers (31 miles) of roads near Gothenburg.
The technology, which is dubbed IntelliSafe Auto Pilot, adds self-driving to technology already available in its cars; under 30 mph Auto Pilot will drive an XC90 as long as it senses a hand on the steering wheel.
According to the automaker, the car will notify the driver if it enters a stretch of road where it can drive itself. The driver would need to pull both steering wheel-mounted paddles to engage the autonomous driving features. When the car is about to leave self-driving roads, it alerts the driver that they have one minute to regain control of the car or the XC90 will come to a stop.
It's unclear where the autonomous roads would be near Gothenburg. Volvo didn't specify if the car would use vehicle-to-road communication or mapping technology to drive on the roads. According to Volvo, the Drive Me autonomous driving project the automaker started in 2013, would be the "world's most ambitious AD project." (Google may have something to say about that.)
Volvo said it would make available the IntelliSafe Auto Pilot to consumers, but didn't specify when those cars would go on the market.
Other automakers, such as General Motors, have announced that cars will feature more autonomous driving technology in the next two years. Last year, GM announced that its "Super Cruise" feature would drive cars where it's possible, but the automaker hasn't announced how that feature would work.
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