Volvo on Wednesday introduced the brand new self-driving system Trip Pilot on the 2022 Client Electronics Present underway in Las Vegas.

Trip Pilot is described as a hands-off, eyes-off system, which means a driver might be free to do different issues when the system is activated, like writing a textual content or checking e mail from behind the wheel. That is in distinction to present self-driving methods accessible in showrooms, all of which require fixed monitoring from the motive force.

Volvo is but to say in what circumstances Trip Pilot will perform, although the automaker final April introduced Freeway Pilot, a hands-off, eyes-off system for freeway driving that is additionally within the works. It is potential Trip Pilot will solely deal with slow-moving site visitors, like Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot system launching on the S-Class in some markets later this 12 months.

Volvo is but to say when Trip Pilot might be accessible, although the automaker mentioned California would be the first market. Volvo will begin testing Trip Pilot on California roads by mid-2022.

The automaker mentioned the system might be launched as soon as it has been verified as secure. Volvo plans to supply it as a subscription service beginning with the XC90 substitute to be revealed later this 12 months. Final 12 months’s Idea Recharge is considered a preview of the XC90 substitute.

“We’re proud to announce the deliberate U.S. launch of our first actually unsupervised autonomous driving function, as we glance to set a brand new trade normal for autonomy with out compromising security,” Mats Moberg, Volvo’s head of R&D, mentioned in a press release.

Volvo’s varied self-driving options will depend on software program developed by the in-house self-driving division Zenseact, in addition to a number of sensors together with lidar.

The most recent announcement got here on the identical day that fellow Geely model Zeekr introduced plans to launch a car with a sophisticated self-driving system developed in partnership with Mobileye. Zeekr mentioned it plans to have its car accessible in 2024.

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