{"id":107331,"date":"2020-05-20T03:42:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/volvo-will-add-lidar-for-eyes-off-the-road-self-driving-cars-on-highways"},"modified":"2020-05-20T03:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:42:25","slug":"volvo-will-add-lidar-for-eyes-off-the-road-self-driving-cars-on-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/volvo-will-add-lidar-for-eyes-off-the-road-self-driving-cars-on-highways","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Will Add Lidar for \u2018Eyes-Off-the-Road\u2019 Self-Driving Cars on Highways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/volvo-will-add-lidar-for-eyes-off-the-road-self-driving-cars-on-highways2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 2020. Why can\u2019t we binge Netflix as our cars drive us down the highway? Well, we\u2019ve made progress, but not at the pace once promised. While some cars offer automated driving modes, you\u2019re not to take your eyes off the road or hands from the wheel. Volvo wants to remedy that.<\/p>\n<p>The company isn\u2019t promising 100% self-driving cars in the near future. Instead, they\u2019ll make mainstream cars that reliably drive themselves on highways\u2014totally autonomously, no human attention needed. For a brand built on safety, and in light of autopilot accidents in recent years, it\u2019s notable the company thinks that\u2019s possible in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<p>To make it happen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.volvocars.com\/us\/en-us\/media\/pressreleases\/268323\/next-generation-volvo-cars-to-be-powered-by-luminar-lidar-technology-for-safe-self-driving\">Volvo said this week<\/a> that it would begin adding lidar to production cars in 2022. They\u2019ll also develop self-driving software to integrate lidar, cameras, radar, and back-up vehicle control systems. Once the software, dubbed Highway Pilot, is deemed safe, it\u2019ll be sent out as an update to customers who opt in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 2020. Why can\u2019t we binge Netflix as our cars drive us down the highway? Well, we\u2019ve made progress, but not at the pace once promised. While some cars offer automated driving modes, you\u2019re not to take your eyes off the road or hands from the wheel. Volvo wants to remedy that. The company isn\u2019t [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}