![]() "We met up through a connection we got a couple of years back and understood quite early that we had a mutual interest here in developing autonomous cars," Senior Vice President of Research & Development, Henrik Green, explained to Engadget. Uber, for its part, will supply the self-driving software. These vehicles will incorporate all the "safety, redundancy and core autonomous driving" hardware to make the autonomous cars street legal, according to the company's press release. The two companies have been working in close coordination to develop the vehicles, which are based on Volvo's Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). This follows last week's news that the Swedish car company plans to sell "tens of thousands" of autonomous-ready XC90s to Uber between 20 for the ride sharer's self-driving livery vehicle service. That's all that in one flat fee is something simpler but is also more transparent." You'll of course still be able to buy Volvos outright or lease them if you prefer. ![]() ![]() It's not just getting the car, it's maintaining it, it's paying for additional things it needs like insurance. "But a subscription is entirely different that because it solves for a bunch of wider things in actually owning a car. "What we think is lacking today is there's ways to simplify getting your hands on a car, like getting a lease," Chief Digital Officer, Atif Rafiq, told Engadget. All you have to pay for is the gas you use. ![]() That figure includes not only the cost of the car, tax and delivery, but also insurance (regardless of your age or location) and access to Volvo's new "concierge" service. For $600 a month, the car company will sell customers an XC40 crossover SUV. At the 2017 LA Auto Show on Wednesday, Volvo revealed a monumental new means of owning and operating their vehicles. ![]()
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