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Volvo's 2020 Vision: The Injury - Proof Car

April 30, 2008

New York Times, Filed at 8:51 p.m. ET

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - The destruction of the orange sedan with its slapdash paintwork may have been intentional but it was far from wanton. It was all part of Volvo's bid to create an injury-proof car by 2020.

While that vehicle of the future may lack the self-awareness of the crime-fighting Trans Am in 1980s TV series Knight Rider, experts say it will be able to steer, brake and find out about the road ahead from within a vast electronic bumper.

And if all goes according to plan, its driver and passengers will escape even the most serious crash unhurt.

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This will be good if it works. Volvo has always meant safety to me.
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Re: Volvo's 2020 Vision: The Injury - Proof Car

C'mon Volvo.. what about a gasoline-less car by 2015?

That's what I'd rather see.
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I'm scared about a computer taking over my car. If i try to swerve in a panic. The computer could confuse me, and force me to fight the controls. I like to be able to make my decision on the road.

Volvos are very safe already. Seems to me like another reason to raise the price of the car.
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