Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road
Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation.
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- Fact 1: Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation.
- Fact 2: 1/6 Volvo said it’s updating its EVs with alerts for four types of hazards: large animals; vulnerable road users, like pedestrians or cyclists; roadwork; and accidents.
- Fact 3: The new alerts are coming to the Volvo EX90, ES90, and EX60.
- Fact 4: Volvo says it has 1 million vehicles on the road today with connected safety alert capabilities.
Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation.
His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Volvo is updating three of its electric vehicles with new hazard alerts to warn drivers when there are animals or vulnerable road users ahead. The new connected safety features are based on Volvo’s cars talking to one another, as opposed to crowdsourced alert systems used by popular navigation tools like Google Maps and Waze.
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Original source: The Verge
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