Volvo Cars Will Use Luminar's Lidar to Enable Highway Self-Driving in 2022

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said that it will add lidar sensors and new perception technology from Silicon Valley start-up Luminar to some of its models starting in 2022.

Luminar's lidar technology will allow Volvo to offer highway self-driving as an option, the company said. 

Volvo's upcoming highway self-driving system, called Highway Pilot, will be in keeping with the company's decades-long focus on safety, chief technology officer Henrik Green said, as well as a big step toward fully self-driving vehicles. 

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