"Volvo Cars is and always has been a leader in safety. It will now define the next level of car safety," said Håkan Samuelsson, chief executive. "By having this hardware as standard, we can continuously improve safety features over the air and introduce advanced autonomous drive systems, reinforcing our leadership in safety." With the new safety package, Volvo Cars aims to reduce collisions and the reduction rate is anticipated to accelerate over time via over-the-air software updates. The new technologies are also designed to specifically address those traffic situations which result in a large portion of remaining severe injuries and fatalities found today. "In our ambition to deliver ever safer cars, our long-term aim is to achieve zero collisions and avoid crashes altogether," said Henrik Green, chief technology officer. "As we improve our safety technology continuously through updates over the air, we expect collisions to become increasingly rare and hope to save more lives."