Volvo Cars and Ericsson cloud-based solution offers total connectivity

Leveraging extensive consumer research and industry-leading innovation, the all-Swedish partnership has focused on developing a solution that supports current and future cars’ connection needs by combining Volvo Cars’ driver behavior expertise and Ericsson’s consulting and systems integration know-how.

The solution is implemented and operated as a managed service of a global cloud-based solution with regional and central nodes. These nodes enable efficient provision and communication of services and information to the cars. All in all, the “cloud” offers great flexibility to adjust capacity and local presence of content-based end-user demands. Ericsson’s systems integration capabilities have been critical in solution design and integration into Volvo Car’s IS/IT environment, and to the head-end unit in the car. The solution covers all Volvo Cars markets around the globe.

“This partnership is another proof-point that Volvo Cars is in the vanguard of innovation with a clear understanding of the importance of the car in an increasingly connected society,” said Lex Kerssemakers, senior vice president for product strategy and vehicle line management at Volvo Cars. “This is a strategic step forwards for us that provides our customers with cloud-enabled applications and services as never before, thanks to Ericsson’s world-class services platform.”

Per Borgklint, senior vice president and head of business unit support solutions at Ericsson, said: “Our partnership with Volvo Cars clearly demonstrates the industry transformation that is ongoing in the networked society. Evolution of new services and experiences is being made possible by the seamless convergence of information and communication technologies, such as broadband, mobility, smartphones and the cloud.”

The Connected Vehicle Cloud is just the first step on a journey toward fully connected and integrated car and infrastructure services, and positions Volvo Cars as a major player in the connected car arena.

With the launch of Sensus Connect, Volvo Car Group reveals updated on-board infotainment and navigation solutions. Now, Volvo Cars truly offers customers a fully connected experience. The cloud-based services allow drivers to find and pay for parking from their car, discover new restaurants at their destination, stream their favorite music seamlessly and much more. Sensus Connect also offers the first-ever solution utilizing built-in connectivity supported by Pandora Internet Radio.

Volvo Cars is one of few car manufacturers that strategically invest and partner in cloud-based solutions. The Volvo solution offers a branded look and feel, and the possibility to remotely update content over air and time.