Volvo has an alternative approach to using the Android Auto software platform - it installs this operating system directly into the car, and synchronization with the smartphone is required only for secondary functions, rather than basic ones. For example, staff navigation can "spy" on the history of routes on the smartphone of the car owner.
According to the source, one of the advantages of this solution is deeper integration of the voice interface. Requests with an appeal to "Google" can cause the functions of not only the smartphone, but also the standard systems of the car. For example, you can use the voice commands to control the microclimate in the cabin and heated seats. Updates to the operating system will come "by air," but Volvo has not yet decided how to do this most unnoticed for the car owner.
Reuters website reports that Volvo is thinking about the advisability of further improving the diesel engines of its cars. Tougher requirements for exhaust cleanliness and economy of diesel engines will sooner or later make rechargeable hybrids and electric cars more beneficial to the automaker alternative. Volvo plans to launch its first electric car in 2019, and now about 90% of the XC90 crossovers in Europe are sold with diesel engines, and in the region, half of the new cars registered use
this type of diesel engine. Volvo is ready to produce diesel engines until 2023, as Minimum, and their future fate will determine the environmental requirements and the economy of electric vehicles. production. Related Products :
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