Bosch has launched a new generation of inertial sensors. The SMI7xy sensor platform is designed specifically for use in active and passive safety systems and in driver assistance systems.
Daily Archives: March 23, 2014
Ruble slide offers mixed blessings for Russia’s car industry
The damage to consumer confidence in Russia from a plunge in the value of the ruble could be offset for local carmakers as they become more competitive against foreign imports, industry leaders and government officials said.
VOLVO S60 AND V60 WINS BEST PREMIUM CAR OF THE YEAR AT THE PRESTIGIOUS FLEET NEWS AWARDS
Volvo Car UK is delighted to announce that its S60 and V60 models have been named Best Premium Car of the Year by leading business sales publication Fleet News at an award ceremony last night, beating the Audi A4 and A6 and BMW 3-Series.
The American Problem With Volvo’s Self-Driving Cars
It’s a magnetic idea. The Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo, known the world over as an innovator of automobile technologies, has applied its innovative prowess to developing several unique self-driving car technologies – the latest one using magnets.
Where most self-driving vehicles in development across the industry use onboard radar that receive signals bouncing off objects all around, Volvo’s latest autonomous driving system takes readings from magnetic sensors embedded in the roadway itself.
Volvo Cars initiates Scandinavian pilot using cloud-based communication to make driving safer
Volvo Cars, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) are joining forces in a pilot project in which road friction information from individual cars is shared within a cloud-based system.
