Volvo has announced that it has upgraded its Connected Safety system, so its range of electric cars will soon be able to communicate with other vehicles to alert them of hazards ranging from pedestrians to accidents, says Auto Express.

Connected Safety was launched back in 2016 on Volvo’s high-end S90 and XC90 models using real-time cloud data to warn other drivers of slippery conditions or if another Volvo within the vicinity had activated its hazard lights. This has since been expanded to other models in the company’s range, including the XC40 and XC60.

Soon, the EX60, EX90 and ES90 will receive an upgraded suite of Connected Safety features that can also detect pedestrians, large animals, roadworks and accidents. Once something is detected, either by the vehicle’s sensors or via communication through traffic management centres, a warning is then passed onto other Volvo cars and even models from other brands that feature vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication.

Volvo is yet to confirm when these features will become available, although it has said that Large Animal Alert, Vulnerable Road User Alert, Roadwork Alert and Accident Ahead Alert will all be available in the UK.

A Volvo spokesperson said:

“We’re planning to make these new features available to more Volvo models later.”

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