- Volvo’s first purpose-built EV, the 2024 EX90 SUV, made its North American debut today as part of CES 2023.
- Scheduled to arrive in 2024, the EX90 will feature lidar, cameras, and radar to provide information for the newly announced Google’s HD map feature.
- The Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 will be the first two vehicles available with this technology from Google.
Over the last few years, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has followed roughly the same trend as the automotive industry as a whole, blurring the lines between what can be deemed part of the car world, and what lives solely in technology. For 2023, Volvo brought its first purpose-built EV, the 2024 EX90 SUV, to CES for its North American debut. But CES is about technology, not cars. So Volvo is mainly showing off its newest Google mapping software.
Google’s HD map was designed specifically for automakers to integrate into their vehicles. In the EX90, it utilizes the SUV’s lidar, camera, and radar systems along with lane-level and local data from Google. Lane markers and objects like signs, or other vehicles are combined with the data from the EX90’s sensors before the software gets processed through the vehicle’s native computers, and is powered through NVIDIA DRIVE AI Platforms Xavier and Orin.
We haven’t yet used the technology in the real world, but we can tell that the HD map looks and seems to function similarly to the display we’ve experienced in Teslas. The radar and camera systems of the car take in images and provide the driver with real-time information on their surroundings. The Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 will be the first two cars to get the technology, before moving to other Volvo vehicles and partnering brands.
Volvo is also rolling out over-the-air updates (OTA), which will increase the number of functions Google-enabled Volvos can utilize. The new update adds connectivity between personal Google devices such as Google Home products and your car. Owners will now be able to use their devices for things like checking fuel levels, battery levels, charging status, or asking their car to heat up on cold mornings.
In addition to the new Google features, Volvo is introducing or updating various other tech features. Access to Volvo’s Care Key function is expanding, and details about over-the-air updates will now be available on the Volvo Cars app, among other infotainment tweaks.
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Source: Motor - aranddriver.com
