Interview: Head of Volvo R&D on Uber collaboration and automaker’s autonomous vehicle plans
Most major automakers have their own autonomous vehicle projects as well as collaborations with various partners. That’s also the case with Volvo, which in 2013 announced a 100-vehicle consumer-testing project called Drive Me in its hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden that was later expanded to London and China. Volvo has also worked closely with Uber’s self-driving car division and last month signed a deal to sell 24,000 of the automaker’s XC90 SUVs to the ride-hailing behemoth to develop a fleet of robo-taxis.