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Volvo Promises Crash-Proof Car By 2020

Road deaths will be history, Swedes say

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted May 1, 2008 4:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Volvo executives have vowed to create an un-crashable, injury-proof car by 2020, Reuters reports. The car manufacturer is adapting technology developed for commercial aviation to create a vehicle that will take over the controls in a dangerous situation and brake or steer out of harm's... Read full story »

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Volvo Promises Crash-Proof Car By 2020

Road deaths will be history, Swedes say

safety • Ford • Volvo • radar • engineering • sonar • biomechanics • behavioral science • Mercedes-Benz

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