Volvo expands its Google partnership to integrate Gemini across its model lineup, the first automaker to do so, hoping to ease its drivers' “cognitive load”
Gemini can ease a driver's “cognitive load” so they can keep their eyes on the road, the automaker says.
Google announces Home integration with some Volvo cars, allowing control of car systems with Assistant commands, starting in the US and six European countries
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
As carmakers integrate 100-150+ chip-based electronic control units in each car, a look at the challenges of an auto industry that is more dependent on software
The trend toward self-driving and electric vehicles will add hundreds of millions of lines of code to cars. Can the auto industry cope? Tweets: @davewiner , @bertrandduflos , @azaidman , @trengriffin...
Volvo says it will sell Lidar-equipped self-driving cars to consumers starting in 2022 using Lidar startup Luminar's cheaper sensors
Volvo's new platform will include high-powered laser sensors — an industry rarity — Most new cars sold today include a bevy of sensors such as cameras …
Uber unveils a new self-driving car based on the Volvo XC90 SUV, designed to be fully autonomous, rolling out in 2020
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Uber unveils a new self-driving car based on the Volvo XC90 SUV, designed to be fully autonomous, rolling out in 2020
Uber Advanced Technologies Group unveiled Wednesday a new generation of self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs that are designed and built to be fully driverless …
Volvo invests in VR startup Varjo, says its engineers are designing new interfaces by driving on test tracks using Varjo's new mixed-reality headset XR-1
Scott Stein / CNET :
Polestar, Volvo's brand for electric performance cars, unveils Polestar 2, the first car with built-in Android Auto, coming in 2020
Sean O'Kane / The Verge :
Android Auto to get support for RCS, group messaging, better integration with 3rd-party apps, more; new Volvos to have built-in Google Maps, apps, and Assistant
Plus, some new features for Android Auto — Google's previously announced integration with Volvo cars is finally solidifying.
Google partners with Audi and Volvo to put Android in cars to host Maps, Spotify, Google Assistant, and control temperature, seat positioning, without a phone
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