“The next era of safety lies within autonomous driving and once again, Volvo has taken the lead with a major industry milestone. “Volvo is recognised as the pioneer of automotive safety, having driven standardisation across the industry for the most advanced life-saving technologies,” said Austin Russell, founder and CEO of Luminar. This is a key step to achieving the economies of scale that are required to bring the technology to the wider automotive industry. Volvo Cars has also signed an agreement to possibly increase its minority stake in Luminar.įor Silicon Valley-based Luminar, partnering with Volvo Cars represents the company’s first delivery of its technology into series production. For us, a safe introduction of autonomy is a gradual introduction.”Īs part of the announcement, Volvo Cars and Luminar are deepening their collaboration to jointly ensure robust industrialisation and validation of Luminar’s LiDAR technology for series production. Over time, updates over the air will expand the areas in which the car can drive itself. “At that point, your Volvo takes responsibility for the driving and you can relax, take your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel. “Soon, your Volvo will be able to drive autonomously on highways when the car determines it is safe to do so,” said Henrik Green. Put together, this gives Volvo users who want it access to a safe, fully self-driving feature for use on highways. To enable the Highway Pilot feature, Luminar’s perception technology will be combined with autonomous drive software and the cameras, radars and back-up systems for functions such as steering, braking and battery power installed on forthcoming Volvo cars equipped for self-driving. LiDAR is the ideal basis for safe decision-making in complex environments at high speeds. LiDAR is key in creating cars that can navigate safely in autonomous mode, providing them with the reliable vision and perception that cameras and radar alone cannot provide. Luminar’s technology is based on its high performance LiDAR sensors, which emit millions of pulses of laser light to accurately detect where objects are by scanning the environment in 3D, creating a temporary, real-time map without requiring internet connectivity. In addition to the Highway Pilot feature, Volvo Cars and Luminar are also exploring LiDAR’s role in improving future advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), with the potential for equipping all future SPA2-based cars with a LiDAR sensor as standard.
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