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Volvo Announces Agreement to Supply “Tens of Thousands” of Autonomous Cars to Uber

November 20, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Agreement covers deliveries from 2019-2021.

Volvo Cars today announced it has signed an agreement with Uber, the ride sharing company, to sell tens of thousands of autonomous driving (AD) compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021.

Volvo Uber vehicleThe base vehicles are developed on Volvo Cars’ modular, in-house developed Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). SPA is currently used on Volvo Cars’ 90 series cars as well as on the new XC60 midsize SUV.

The non-exclusive agreement enhances the strategic partnership between Volvo Cars and Uber announced in August 2016 and also marks a new chapter in the convergence of car makers and Silicon

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