Self-driving cars are very popular right now, and automakers are Mercedes to offer self-driving features Promises to American customers and Tesla One day fully autonomous driving will become a reality.Polestar is also working on its own autonomous driving technology, but the Swedish company doesn't plan to unveil its version of the technology until it can prove it truly benefits vehicle safety.
Polestar, part of the Geely Group, which also owns Volvo and Lotus, is committed to incorporating cutting-edge technology into its cars. When we announced the Precept concept a few years agoThe car was equipped with sensor modules that included LiDAR and all sorts of scanning technology to map the road ahead.
The technology could potentially equip future Polestar models with self-driving and advanced driver assistance features, but despite the Precept coming to market soon, there is no self-driving Polestar on the market yet. Produced as Polestar 5.
The slow adoption of self-driving technology is deliberate, company president Thomas Ingenlath explained to Jalopnik during a recent visit to the company's UK research and development center.
“We're going to do it the Volvo way,” Ingenlath says, “and we're not going to push it unless we're 100 percent sure it actually increases safety. Others have pushed it first and gotten some advantage, but of course that's not what we're going to do.”
Though Ingenlath doesn't name names, “others” likely includes brands like Tesla, which continues to roll out its advanced Autopilot and full self-driving systems to drivers across the U.S. But the system's flaws have yet to be ironed out. More than 200 accidents involving Tesla vehicles Operate the software.
Last month, Tesla released a fully self-driving car Crash into a police car It was parked on the side of the road to respond to another accident, and Polestar doesn't want to run into the same problem with future technology.
The company also needs to convince customers that the technology adds value to their cars. Until now, Polestar has marketed itself as a sporty brand that makes fun-to-drive EVs, which boils down to products like: Polestar 2 BST And that New Concept BST.
“Being able to call for a chauffeur on the highway when you're really tired is a very simple matter of luxury and premium,” Ingenlath said.
“If you're a sports person, you're not running around all day and there's time to relax and take it easy. It's the same with driving; there's times when you really enjoy it and feel like you're having fun and you're in that state mentally. But at the same time, when I'm stuck in traffic, I'm happy to turn on autopilot.”
Polestar is currently New electric SUV “Polestar 3” unveiled In the US, there are delays on the way to what will be the brand's first car to be manufactured in America. Polestar 4 electric model launchedA camera system replaces the rear window.
A version of this article originally appeared on Jalopnik.
