Volvo EX90 To Support Google’s New HD Map

The Volvo EX90, lidar, cameras and radars come together to understand your car’s surroundings and help keep you safe. To further improve the company’s assisted driving technologies and eventually reach autonomous driving, Volvo Cars must also recognize your environment in detail – immediately in front of you and at longer distances beyond the twists and turns ahead. 

Enter Google HD Maps – a comprehensive map designed specifically for car makers that provide highly detailed and up-to-date road information.

Continuing our longstanding collaboration with Google, Volvo Cars and our strategic affiliate Polestar will be the first car makers to bring their HD map technology into its cars, starting with the recently unveiled Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3.

By integrating Google’s HD map, we can combine data from our industry-leading sensor set in the Volvo EX90 with Google’s preGoogle’se-level and localization data to facilitate semi-autonomous driving features like lane change assistance and Volvo Cars’ Pilot Assist Technology.

With details like lane markers and localization objects such as signs, Google’s HD map supports L2+ and L3 assisted driving technology offered by car manufacturers for safer, more hands-free driving on select roadways.

This road information, combined with the data from the Volvo EX90’s lidar and other sensors, will be processed through the car’s core computer system powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AI Platforms Xavier and Orin.

“The addition of Google HD Maps in our future car line-up marks an expansion of our strategic collaboration with Google, reflecting our commitment to work with technology leaders,” says COO and Deputy CEO Javier Varela. “Implementing Google HD Maps in our upcoming cars will help us offer our drivers a more enjoyable driving experience and in future, contribute to the introduction of safe autonomous driving.” 

By combining data from HD Maps with information collected from our exterior sensors, lidar from Luminar and software developed by assisted driving software company Zenseact, we aim to create a more predictable, safe, and comfortable drive.

“Zenseact is proud to work alongside Volvo Cars and Google on implementing this game-changing technology for assisted, and later on, autonomous driving,” says Ödgärd Andersson, Chief executive officer of Zenseact. “It will play an important role in our journey towards zero collisions.” 

“Building on our long history of mapping the world, Google’s new HD map is designed specifically for automakers and provides comprehensive lane-level and localization data that is crucial to powering the next generation of assisted and autonomous driving systems,” says Jorgen Behrens, VP and General Manager of Geo Automotive, Google. “We’re excited to continue partnering with leading automakers like Volvo to improve the safety and comfort of drivers everywhere.” 

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