Today Volvo released several press releases regarding its path to full electrification by 2030. Among the things announced are:
Among the interesting things mentioned:
Most interesting is the following statement,
“The next generation of pure electric Volvo models, including the company’s first SUV on a completely new electriconly technology base, will run on Volvo Cars’ own operating system (OS), called VolvoCars.OS, for faster and more flexible development.”
I thought the XC40 Recharge is both its first pure electric model and an SUV. Clearly, Volvo Cars is looking forward to the pure electric version of the XC90. More importantly, how does VolvoCars.OS fit with the continued commitment to AAOS? Volvo describes VolvoCars.OS as an umbrella incorporating its various underlying OSs, like AAOS, QNX, AUTOSAR, and Linux.
It is notable that all of today’s PRs talk about its next generation of EVs. What does this news portent for owners of the 2021/2022 XC40 Recharge BEV? Does this verify that P8 owners are a group of beta testers? How much of the technology changes will be offered to P8 owners? Can we at least get OTA updates and a version of Volvo Cars app that works and is stable?
Is Volvo corporate blowing smoke to analysts in hope of a successful IPO of Volvo Cars, which was also mentioned today?
Link to Volvo’s Tech Moment
- Volvo and Google to continue partnership
- Volvo Cars to focus on range and fast charging in next generation EVs
- Volvo Cars to harness real-time data from customers’ cars to set safety standards
- Future cars to run on Volvo OS as company takes software development in-house
Among the interesting things mentioned:
- Next generation EVs will have phone as a key through the Volvo Cars app
- Touting updates and new functionality delivered over the air
- Centralizing multiple ECUs into a powerful core computing system
- The upcoming 2022 flagship SUV will have Lidar and use NVIDIA Drive system on a chip
Most interesting is the following statement,
“The next generation of pure electric Volvo models, including the company’s first SUV on a completely new electriconly technology base, will run on Volvo Cars’ own operating system (OS), called VolvoCars.OS, for faster and more flexible development.”
I thought the XC40 Recharge is both its first pure electric model and an SUV. Clearly, Volvo Cars is looking forward to the pure electric version of the XC90. More importantly, how does VolvoCars.OS fit with the continued commitment to AAOS? Volvo describes VolvoCars.OS as an umbrella incorporating its various underlying OSs, like AAOS, QNX, AUTOSAR, and Linux.
It is notable that all of today’s PRs talk about its next generation of EVs. What does this news portent for owners of the 2021/2022 XC40 Recharge BEV? Does this verify that P8 owners are a group of beta testers? How much of the technology changes will be offered to P8 owners? Can we at least get OTA updates and a version of Volvo Cars app that works and is stable?
Is Volvo corporate blowing smoke to analysts in hope of a successful IPO of Volvo Cars, which was also mentioned today?
Link to Volvo’s Tech Moment