Volvos began deliveries of the first commercial pilotless cars

In November, 2018 it was announced the first commercial deliveries unmanned vehicles Volvo Group. At first they will be used in mining the industry.

Volvo signed the contract with the Norwegian company Brönnöy Kalk AS which will use self-driving trucks of the Swedish producer for limestone transportation. At the first stage transportation will be performed along the five-kilometer route lying from the mine to the nearest port.

It was interesting to reach until when we presented autonomous solutions — the director of Volvo Trucks Sasko Cuklev who is responsible for them says. — Working in limited space using the predeterminated route, we will be able to understand how to gain maximum benefit from such solution and to adapt it according to specific needs of clients. It is about cooperation for development of new solutions, achievement of the improved flexibility and efficiency and also the increased performance.

Brönnöy Kalk AS will use six self-driving Volvo trucks. The person ready to secure to the technician in case of emergency, but by the end of 2019 as authors of the project calculate will drive at first, these vehicles will be able to go completely independently.

Volvos began deliveries of the first commercial pilotless cars

The signed contract is for Volvo continuation of the recent successful projects on automation concerning mineral extraction, cleaning of a sugar cane and collecting of garbage. However in a case with Brönnöy Kalk AS the Swedish company for the first time began to provide pilotless cars for commercial use. The financial component of this agreement does not reveal.

According to forecasts of analysts of IDTechEx, the size of the market of autonomous vehicles for mineral extraction will reach $ 5 billion by  2028.^[1]

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