{"id":1314,"date":"2018-09-08T06:08:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2018-09-08T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T06:08:08","slug":"volvo-reveals-new-electric-robo-taxi-in-race-to-autonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/volvo-reveals-new-electric-robo-taxi-in-race-to-autonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Reveals New Electric Robo-Taxi in Race to Autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 9.6pt 0in;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/volvo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/volvo-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/volvo-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/volvo.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Volvo unveils transforming robo-taxi, \u00a0fully autonomous concept car that turns into a BED and an office.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish carmaker Volvo presented a prototype for a new Robo-taxi in mid-week, as the company races to meet an ambitious target for driverless vehicle sales. The model, named 360c, is a driverless, fully electric, futuristic car which could be an important part of Volvo\u2019s future strategy.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The sedan requires no human driver and comes with features so that it can be used as a living room, bedroom or work space with full mobile connectivity. The company noted it will feature Level 5 autonomy, removing the need for a human driver. With a sleek exterior that looks like a combination between an SUV and a sedan, without a steering wheel or combustion engine, the car&#8217;s interior is presented as a futuristic living room, bedroom or work space, equipped with full mobile connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>A video teasing the vehicle, shows passengers sleeping in a pod-like bed, holding meetings and hanging out with friends as the concept vehicle speeds down a highway.<\/p>\n<p>The windows turn into screens that show relevant information.\u00a0\u00a0The car will even be fitted with some kind of digital assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Volvo did not mention the pricing or specs, but said it will be ready by 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6133993\/Volvo-reveals-new-robo-taxi-race-autonomy.html\">DailyMail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo unveils transforming robo-taxi, \u00a0fully autonomous concept car that turns into a BED and an office. The Swedish carmaker Volvo presented a prototype for a new Robo-taxi in mid-week, as the company races to meet an ambitious target for driverless &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/volvo-reveals-new-electric-robo-taxi-in-race-to-autonomy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1315,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}