Full self-driving cars gained a new impetus earlier this year when the UK government adopted the new Automated Vehicles Lawbut safety experts from Volvo they questioned the viability of the technology and its potential use in the real world.

Speaking to Auto Express, Claudia Zarra, safety manager at Volvo, decried the feasibility of self-driving cars. “The safety of the fully autonomous car depends on the conditions. We need a perfect environment for it to meet our standards,” Zarre said, referring to road markings, signs and general road conditions. “Volvo self-driving won’t arrive until we know it’s 100 percent safe,” she added.

The company unveiled a fully autonomous car, the 360cas early as 2018 as a rival not only for cars but also for public transport. Since then, Volvo’s all-electric flagship EX90has been launched, and while early models lack Level 3 hands-free motorization, this autonomous technology will soon arrive via a Lidar pod on the roof of the new car.

Further development of Volvo’s autonomous technology doesn’t sound likely, according to Zarre, although we may yet see the company pioneer the technology through its commercial vehicle business. Volvo Autonomous Solutions was founded in 2020 to provide autonomous transportation, and earlier this year we saw Volvo unveil its first production-ready fully autonomous truck.

The Swedish company is not the only one developing such technology. adze recently announced its autonomous driving Robot taxiswhich comes without a steering wheel. It has been claimed that the compact two-seater would have a tentative launch date of 2027, although such a car would not currently be road legal in the UK.

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