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Volvo Trucks introduces Volvo Active Driver Assist; combining radar and camera for emergency braking

Green Car Congress

Volvo currently is the only OEM to fully integrate the system into its Driver Information Display, so no additional display units or prep kits are needed. Volvo made the announcement during the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Video is captured for later download.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. App developers who want to enable their creations for AppLink can now register at [link] to download the AppLink SDK.

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Continental and Aurora finalize design of scalable autonomous trucking system – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Recognizing this challenge early on, Aurora teamed up with Continental to jointly develop reliable, serviceable, cost-efficient autonomous hardware kits for mass production. Introducing new hardware to the market is complex and time-intensive, often taking years from initial design to the start of production.

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