US EditionVolvo unveils world-first adaptive seat belt that adjusts to every body in real time
- Volvo unveiled a multi-adaptive seat belt that adjusts in real time to occupant size and crash conditions, debuting in the 2026 EX60 SUV.
- Volvo developed this innovation using over 50 years of crash data from 80,000 occupants and advancements beyond the traditional three-point belt.
- The seat belt uses sensors and AI to select among 11 load-limiting profiles, optimizing protection by evaluating occupant size, speed, and crash severity.
- Volvo stated the system applies optimal restraint force, for example, higher loads to reduce head injury risk for larger occupants and lower loads to prevent rib fractures for smaller ones.
- The smart seat belt will receive over-the-air updates to improve safety continuously and reflects Volvo’s ongoing commitment to advanced occupant protection.
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With the launch of the EX60 planned for 2026, Volvo introduces a new safety belt technology that adapts to the body of each occupant
It was in 1959 that the engineer Nils Bohlin, who worked at Volvo at that time, invented the three-point seat belt, whose patent the Swedish manufacturer decided to release for the benefit of the entire industry.A safety element, which today equips all cars and has saved millions of lives.For Volvo safety has always been its main standard. Hence, more than six decades after this vital invention, has been given the task of reinventing it, looking…
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