Volvo Promises to Accept Responsibility for Damages Caused by Self-Driving Vehicles

Here at Jaffarian Volvo we love bringing you good news about the company, especially when the news is particularly exciting. Last week we brought to your attention a research initiative being undertaken by Volvo, and Autoliv, that will put 100 families in self-driving car on a daily basis by 2017.

One of the obstacles in the way of wide adoption of autonomous vehicles is the concern that premiums may go up as insurance companies are hesitant to trust the technology. In an effort to assuage these fears, Volvo Ceo, Håkan Samuelsson, speaking to a small crowd in Washington D.C., promised that the company will be held responsible for any accident caused by its self-driving vehicles. The statement is expected to appease law makers as well, and hopefully encourage them to move forward with adopting regulations for when the technology is ready to be made public.

If a self-driving car crashes, where does responsibility lie? @volvocarsus has the answer: http://t.co/mwV7JcEWEG pic.twitter.com/2UMKJrbSPG

— Car and Driver (@CARandDRIVER) October 11, 2015