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As a Safety Driver, Site Lead at AstaZero, and Team Lead for the Transport Mission & Vehicle Testing Group, Priscilla Hornman-Speelman plays a critical role in ensuring the success of autonomous vehicle technology. Her passion for vehicles started young—racing go-karts at just six years old—and today, that passion continues both in her work at V.A.S. and on the racetrack, where she competes in the Supercar Challenge.

Autonomous vehicles are joining our roads, and a common question is: can autonomous trucks operate safely in challenging weather conditions? The answer is yes—by harnessing advanced sensory technology, these vehicles can understand and react to their surroundings, even when nature throws a curveball. Let’s take a closer look.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) and Waabi have announced a strategic partnership to deliver safe and efficient autonomous freight transport integrating the Volvo VNL Autonomous with the Waabi Driver.

The Case for Standards Imagine a world where autonomous vehicles (AVs) seamlessly coexist with human drivers, pedestrians, and emergency responders. It may sound futuristic, but that future is closer than we think. To make this vision a reality, one critical piece of the puzzle must be addressed: standardization.

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) and DHL Supply Chain have taken a significant step towards transforming freight transportation with the launch of autonomous operations in the United States. The operations will be enabled by the purpose-built, production-ready Volvo VNL Autonomous which is powered by the Aurora Driver.

James Davis explores how autonomous trucking addresses driver shortages and boosts efficiency, guiding businesses on preparing for this transformative shift.

The autonomous freight industry is in its early stages as a new and complementary transport mode, but it’s gaining momentum, and the technology is evolving rapidly. So far, autonomous trucks have been piloted with safety drivers, who are ready to take over in the unlikely event that there is a system failure.

Purpose designed and built for autonomy; the fully redundant truck will enable autonomous transport. Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) today unveiled Volvo's first-ever production ready autonomous truck at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas.

Autonomy holds enormous potential to transform the transportation industry for the better by making the global supply chain more efficient, addressing driver shortages, and meeting customers’ growing freight demands.

Our goal with Volvo has always been simple but powerful: make our roads safer at commercial scale. Together, we are developing autonomous trucks with Volvo and launching an industry-leading driverless service with Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.).

What is compliance for autonomous vehicles and machines? Why is it relevant to Volvo Autonomous Solutions? Aleksander Vasic, Global Technology Manager - Safety gives us the lowdown on how we ensure our vehicles and machines meet the mark.

Here is the age-old thought experiment of the trolley problem: walking towards a railway, you suddenly see a trolley that’s speeding down a track towards a crossroads. One direction will hit five people, the other only one. You are able to change the course of the trolley.

Are eyes more important than ears? Does touch beat smell? Just like in human anatomy, autonomous vehicles have a catalogue of ‘sensors’ that make sense of the world in the absence of a human driver. But is one sensor more important, or better, than the other?

Volvo Autonomous Solutions has officially inaugurated a state-of-the-art autonomous testing facility at AstaZero, a RISE (the Research Institute of Sweden) test site. Located outside of Borås, Sweden, the mining and quarry focused testing facility is dedicated to fostering innovation, supporting a robust test and validate process, and guaranteeing the reliability of autonomous solutions.

On the eve of a major industry milestone – fully driverless operations without a safety driver at Brønnøy Kalk in Norway – we sat down with Luca to discuss the question on everyone’s mind: when is it safe to remove the safety driver?