According to foreign media reports, Volkswagen Group hopes to further improve traffic safety for all road users.
The group’s brands plan to use sensors and recent road traffic image data from user vehicles to continue to optimize driver assistance systems and autonomous driving functions.
Users will benefit from the improvements brought by automotive software updates.
, (Photo source: Volkswagen) Continuous improvement of driving functions can improve driving comfort and make a positive contribution to overall traffic safety.
The key to continuously optimizing powerful auxiliary systems lies in high-quality data derived from real traffic conditions.
The basic prerequisite for processing this data is to obtain customer consent and comply with all data protection regulations.
Volkswagen Group plans to launch the program in Germany starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, initially starting with Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Audi brand models.
Other brands in the group plan to gradually join the program and prepare product portfolios accordingly.
, Volkswagen Group’s large fleet has contributed to improving overall traffic safety.
Among other things, these vehicles use anonymous population data to generate high-resolution maps.
This kind of “wisdom of the crowd” can help vehicles guide lanes in areas where there are no road markings.
In addition, these vehicles can provide accurate driving instructions and hazard information, and can narrow down the range based on local weather conditions.
Now, developers plan to use high-quality data from user vehicles under real traffic conditions to continue to optimize driver assistance systems.
These data are more representative of day-to-day situations than tests performed while developing vehicles (or computer simulations).
Their goal is to make driver assistance systems as precise and smooth as possible, making them feel comfortable, useful, and ideally always active.
Active assistance systems can provide greater safety for all, and both vehicles equipped with activated systems and nearby road users will benefit.
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