Volvo enlists help of families to test autonomous technology


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 20 Dec 2017

A further three families are to join the program early next year, and over the next four years as many as 100 people will be involved in Volvo's Drive Me program.

Motor manufacturers can do all the computer modeling and expert testing of new technologies they like, but nothing beats putting the latest tech in the hands of real-world drivers when it comes to identifying and ironing out annoying bugs. That's why from Tuesday, Volvo is giving its XC90 crossovers equipped with autonomous drive technology to Swedish families to test them out on public roads in and around the city of Gothenburg.

The first couple of families to have the honor of putting the cutting-edge technology through its paces are the Hains and the Simonovskis from the Gothenburg area, who have now taken delivery of their Volvo XC90 premium SUV crossovers. A further three families are to join the program early next year, and over the next four years as many as 100 people will be involved in Volvo's Drive Me program.

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