Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will launch a new software operating system this year that it hopes will make accidents involving its cars a thing of the past by 2050, the company said on Thursday.Next generation cars will be equipped with software, sensors and processors that enable vehicles to anticipate and avoid accidents, and to keep learning new reflexes, the German car brand's strategy chief Michael Jost said in Berlin.
"We want to have no more accidents by 2050," he said.
The new software-based vehicle operating system, which is being launched with Volkswagen's new ID:3 electric car, will be continually updated as software algorithms improve, Jost said.
