The Sweden-based manufacturer is planning to deploy the technology, which will allow the car to take over driving tasks in some limited situations, in a forthcoming all-electric SUV that the company expects to announce later this year.
Volvo plans to offer the self-driving feature as a subscription upgrade to customers after vehicles have already hit the road.
Alexander Petrofski, vice president of strategy and business ownership, said the cars will go on sale in 2023, but Volvo has not set a date for when Ride Pilot will be available.
Instead, Volvo has said Ride Pilot will not be turned on for customers until it has undergone a “rigorous verification and testing protocol”.
The companies said they want to test Ride Pilot later on pre-production vehicles this year in California, pending regulatory approvals.
But when production vehicles hit the road starting next year, they will come standard with simpler driver-safety technologies that will help gather...