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Volvo Plans To Have Self-Driving Cars In Swedish City of Gothenburg By 2017

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-me-somewhere dept.

Qedward writes "Volvo is starting a pilot project that aims to have 100 self-driving cars on Swedish public roads around the city of Gothenburg by 2017. The project is called 'Drive Me' and is a joint initiative between the Volvo Car Group, the Swedish Transport Administration, the Swedish Transport Agency, Lindholmen Science Park and the City of Gothenburg, Volvo said Monday. Together they will make an effort to eliminate deadly car crashes in Sweden, said Erik Coelingh, technical specialist at Volvo Car Group. In the next few years, Volvo will develop its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) in its XC90 model. The goal is to have the first self-driving cars available to 100 consumers by 2017, Coelingh said. They will be able to let their cars navigate about 50 typical commuter arteries that include motorway conditions and frequent traffic jams in and around Gothenburg, the country's second largest city."

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  1. Re: Swedish Capital by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Clueless geek! The capital of Sweden is Stockholm...

  2. Capital.. by XXeR · · Score: 3

    Since when is Gothenburg the capital of Sweden?

  3. Gothenburg the capital?!? by pmsr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Gothenburg is NOT the capital of Sweden, it is the second biggest city. Education is like butter, the less you have the more you spread.

    1. Re:Gothenburg the capital?!? by Eevee · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, it's not the capital NOW...Volvo has got until 2017 to convince the Swedish government to relocate.

  4. Where did Summary Come From by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nowhere in the article is Gothenburg called the capital of Sweden nor is it the capital. Perhaps the submitter is suffering from Gothenburg Syndrome.

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  5. Geography by bob_super · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me be the tenth to point out that Sweden's capital is not Beijing.
    It had to be said.

  6. In the USA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    they already have that in the capital Mexico City. And in the state of Los Angeles they are soon going to have lots of recharging stations for electrical vehicles! You'll be able to drive all the way to the city of Texas! I think this was all started by president Clooney.

  7. Re: Swedish Capital by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody knows it's Bern!

  8. Re:Capital? by bigwheel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad feeling? Wait until we find out that they use Apple maps for navigation.

  9. Re:I for one welcome my Remote Derby Overlords by Ralph+Wiggam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It makes zero sense for the vehicle control system to have any connection to anything you mentioned.

    But if you want to live in a Hollywood fantasy world where hackers can set off fire sprinklers, that's fine.