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In February, Volvo had announced that in 2017 it would test 100 autonomous cars on certain roads in Gothenburg, Sweden.
At this week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Volvo showed its prototype of what the interior of an autonomous car might look like. It features a folding tray table built into the driver's door, a 25-inch video display in the glove compartment, and a tablet-like screen in the center console.
The Chinese-owned automaker demonstrated three different configurations of the interior: "Drive," in which a person drives the car; "Create," in which the occupants occupy themselves with reading or using a laptop computer; and "Relax," in which the driver's-side seat reclines and the occupants look at videos on the 25-inch screen.
Björn Annwall, a senior vice president at the company, said that its planned autonomous cars would be developed together with Microsoft, and that the two companies are "exploring a number of different collaborations."
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(Score: 2) by davester666 on Sunday November 22 2015, @09:36AM
Volvo is just playing at being an interior decorator now...
(Score: 2) by turgid on Sunday November 22 2015, @11:39AM
This is what happens when the PHBs take over. It's too risky to do proper innovation, so they resort to reinventing the user interface and cutting (internal) costs.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].