Volvo delayed production of EX90 due to ‘complexity’ of lidar software – Sound and Vision – News

Volvo postponed manufacturing of the electrical EX90 by ‘5 to 6 months’ because of the ‘complexity of the software program’ for the lidar system. The EX90 might be Volvo’s first automobile with lidar, which ought to assist forestall critical accidents.

The Volvo EX90 has a lidar sensor on the roof above the windscreen that, in keeping with Volvo, ought to be capable to acknowledge pedestrians as much as 250 meters away. The corporate will use lidar methods and software program from Luminar for this, but additionally says it would write ‘a big half’ of the software program itself. “We wish to ensure that once we use lidar for the primary time, it really works because it ought to,” says Volvo Automobiles CEO Jim Rowan in keeping with Automotive Information Europe.

The delay offers Volvo’s builders “a bit of extra time” to create the required software program. The automaker introduced the postponement in Might this 12 months however now offers extra rationalization concerning the postponement. Manufacturing will now begin round summer time 2024; initially, manufacturing ought to have began on the finish of this 12 months.

Lidar is a system for figuring out distance to things utilizing lasers. Luminar additionally works with Nissan, Mercedes in Audi collectively to implement lidar methods in vehicles. The Polestar 3 should additionally get lidar from Luminar. In keeping with Rowan, Lidar can cut back the variety of critical accidents by as much as 20 p.c.

Replace, 4:38 PM: Volvo tells Tweakers that the postponement Rowan is speaking about just isn’t new and that it’s due to this fact not on high of the beforehand introduced postponement. The manufacturing of the EX90 is due to this fact nonetheless deliberate for the primary half of 2024. The article has been adjusted accordingly.