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Volvo Cars CEO urges government & industry to share safety-related traffic data; will skip Level 3 autonomy

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars is urging governments and car makers to share traffic data in order to improve global traffic safety, HÃ¥kan Samuelsson, president and chief executive, told a conference at the European Commission in Brussels on Monday. The info is transferred in real time to other Volvo drivers notifying them of icy road conditions.

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GM's New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The way Obama and the radical left who have highjacked congress are going, we will not doubt have a gasoline and energy crisis before Obama’s 1st term ends. This is the 21st century and I would like to have my flying car now. 11:21 am April 28, 2009 econ wrote: At least the gold-plated Volt is less costly than the gold-plated unions.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: Nido Info | Apr 14, 2009 12:45:31 PM wrong Howard. We are only 5 years off from having the technology to do so if it gets the funding instead of the oil companies. Of course the pattens the oil companies own need to be taken away and sold to companies that will actually put the technology to use.

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