At least one person has an Angel on his shoulder
Warren Brown, a journalist for The Washington Post, was driving one of our S60 Vibrant Copper press cars in the D.C. area and avoided a pedestrian accident because of our Pedestrian Detection system. In talking to Warren, he explained that the pedestrian came out of one building into a parking area, walked in front of Warren’s [...]
Real world test of City Safety
I know Bill, and he’s far from an “inept driver” as one commenter alludes to regarding this “2011 Volvo S60: A drivers car that makes better drivers” Boston.com article. Stuff happens, and in this case we saved all the hassles associated with a minor accident. Here is Clifford’s counterpoint to Bill’s piece. To an extent, [...]
Our first Open House since 1998 (I stand corrected since 2000)
Amazing how the years just blow by. Friends who work here now have sons and daughters working here, new cars have been launched, people change positions. So many things are different. But not our Open House. Around nine months ago, Doug Speck, our CEO, told us it’s time to do one again. Working with Volvo [...]
And I was forbidden to do this kind of test
I’m up in Newberg, OR for two weeks of S60 launch activities with about 120 US and Canadian journalists. Amazing how weather up here is very much like Sweden. Stunning when the sun comes out, gray otherwise. Anyway, last year James and I told our counterparts in Sweden we would be fine acting as ‘dummies’ [...]
The ‘Naughty Volvo Tour’ Coming to a City Near You
An S60 hello to you all. Last year we took XC60 on tour. Our goal was to show something completely different in two ways: design and safety. No other Volvo ever looked as good, (okay, I think the first C70 Coupe was stunning, especially in Saffron color), but the XC60 was really the first showing [...]
World Congress meeting of SAE, April 14, 2010
One of our VCC engineering colleagues attended this year’s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Conference. Below is a short email from him acknowledging our Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto Braking for the upcoming S60. _________ This came to our head of regulations and compliance in Rockleigh, NJ: Hi Adam, Here are some short notes from [...]
