All-new Volvo XC90: Two World Firsts, One of the Safest Cars in the World
All-new Volvo XC90: Two World Firsts, One of the Safest Cars in the World
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GOTHENBERG, Sweden, July 22, 2014 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --
- World's first auto brake when turning in front of an oncoming vehicle
- World's first solution focusing on accidental road departure
- Most advanced standard safety package on the market
Volvo Cars' all-new XC90 - which will be revealed in August - will offer
the most comprehensive and technologically sophisticated standard safety
package available in the automotive industry. The new technologies will take
the company a significant step closer to its vision that no one will be killed
or seriously injured in a new Volvo car by 2020.
The standard safety package on the all-wheel drive, seven seat premium SUV
will include two world-first safety technologies: a run-off road protection
package and an auto brake at intersection capability.
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"Our starting point on safety is the same today as it was 87 years ago:
real-life situations," says Dr Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research
and Development of Volvo Car Group. "We study data. We crunch numbers. We
innovate. The result is one of the safest cars ever made."
World first number 1: Run-off road protection
Run-off road is a common accident type with different causes, such as
driver distraction, fatigue or poor weather conditions. For example, half of
all traffic fatalities in the United States are road departure accidents, while
in Sweden, single-vehicle accidents involve one third of all fatal- and severe
injury crashes with passenger cars.
In a run-off road scenario, the all-new Volvo XC90 detects what is
happening and the front safety belts are tightened to keep the occupants in
position. The belts are firmly tightened as long as the car is in motion.
To help prevent spine injuries, energy-absorbing functionality between the
seat and seat frame cushions the vertical forces that can arise when the car
encounters a hard landing in the terrain. The solution is capable of reducing
the vertical occupant forces by up to one third.
World first number 2: Auto brake at intersections
The XC90 is the first car in the world with technology that features
automatic braking if the driver turns in front of an oncoming car. This is a
common scenario at busy city crossings as well as on highways, where the speed
limits are higher. The all-new Volvo XC90 detects a potential crash and brakes
automatically in order to avoid a collision or mitigate the consequences of a
crash.
All auto brake functions standard
City Safety will become the umbrella name for all of Volvo Cars' auto brake
functions - which are standard equipment in the all-new XC90.
"City Safety is one of the most advanced standard crash prevention offers
you can find in a modern car. It now covers vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians
in front of the car, day and night," explains Lotta Jakobsson, Senior Technical
Specialist Safety at Volvo Cars Safety Centre. "We are now able to cover the
whole span from dusk to dawn by using a highly sensitive camera combined with
advanced exposure control."
Media contacts:
Phone:
+46-31-596525,
Mail: media@volvocars.com
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SOURCE: Volvo Car Corporation
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