Overview
- Volvo announced an OTA software update that adds four specific hazard alerts — Large Animal Alert, Vulnerable Road User Alert (pedestrians and cyclists), Roadwork Alert, and Accident Ahead Alert — to the EX60, EX90 and ES90 electric models.
- When a Volvo detects a hazard, the car logs the location to Volvo’s cloud and sends warnings to other Volvo vehicles traveling the same road, with Volvo also sharing data via the European Data for Road Safety so non‑Volvo cars and national traffic centres can receive alerts.
- The company said the update will reach owners in Europe, the United States and Canada but did not give firm rollout dates and said timing will vary by model.
- The EX90 and ES90 will also receive Spatial Audio support for Apple CarPlay when fitted with the Bowers & Wilkins system, illustrating Volvo’s move to add new capabilities to cars after sale via software.
- Connected Safety began in 2016 with slippery‑road and hazard‑light warnings, Volvo says more than one million cars now have the system active, and the firm frames the new alerts as a step toward its vision of zero collisions while noting the features depend on vehicle connectivity, sensors and map coverage.