Yesterday, Volvo exposed a message that the steering wheel of the main driver can be translated to the co-pilot. At the same time, Volvo also unveiled its own new patent for steering system. The steering wheel of the car can realize the position exchange, and can seamlessly connect with the driving car. The steering wheel can even move directly to the middle of the car for control.
In recent years, the explosive development of the automobile industry has been obvious to all. New energy vehicles, intelligent and self-driving cars have emerged in an endless stream. People from all walks of life want to enter the automobile industry and share a piece of it. At the peak of automobile development, there were more than hundreds of enterprises in the market that just made cars. Now, after the policy receded and the heat dissipated, only a dozen can still stand firm in the market.
Volvo, as an established automobile brand, has no doubt about its position in the industry. With the continuous upgrading of intelligent self-driving cars, Volvo has also started to upgrade its own cars and develop new smart cars from traditional automobile enterprises to meet the needs of the times.
On the other hand, steering wheel switching is partly dependent on automatic driving to a certain extent. After all, the original purpose of the idea is to enable the car to directly switch between the main driver and the co-pilot while driving, rather than stopping the car to replace it. In that case, just stop and change seats directly. There is really no need to switch the steering wheel specially, so that consumers really feel redundant.
Volvo can release its own steering wheel in this case and apply for a patent, which already shows that Volvo is about to use this new technology in its own cars. For some long-term driving, this kind of operation is really more worry-free and labor-saving, and it can greatly reduce the driving pressure of drivers. From this point of view, it can also be guessed that some performances of Volvo's new car are probably biased towards long-distance transportation rather than urban transportation.
However, it should still be noted that the common operation in China is left-hand main driving, and many operations are carried out around the main driving. After suddenly switching to the co-pilot, there are certain requirements for the driver's technical requirements and proficiency. If it is used properly or suddenly fails to respond, it is likely to increase the risk of accidents.