The Tribune

Volvo Cars is putting real people into its self-driving cars to better learn how they’re used.

Volvo said Monday it has chosen the first of around 100 families who will use its self-driving cars around Gothenburg, Sweden, starting this year.

Volvo wants to see when people engage and disengage the autonomous driving capabilities and what sorts of things they like to do when the car is driving itself.

Volvo plans to expand the programme to London and China, and eventually to the U.S. Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson said it’s important to engage real people in the development of Volvo’s self-driving cars, which it expects to sell by 2021. “If this is going to be a commercial product, it has to be a credible product that people trust,” he said.

Associated Press