Later, I specifically researched it. There really is such a club. All the members are survivors of a major car accident. These car owners attributed their survival after the accident to Volvo's incredible safety. You can take your own pictures of Baidu Club. In order not to let you say that I am short of water, I won't show them to you one by one.

The name of the club is "Volvo Life Miracle Club", and netizens call it the most difficult club to enter. Let's not talk about whether we can afford Volvo. Just an "accident related to life and death" made countless netizens call it "macho man". Owners of other brands should not risk their lives to set up such clubs. It is said that Volvo's strong safety gives car owners the courage to set up such a car club. Today, I will give you a detailed introduction of Volvo's contribution to all mankind in terms of automobile safety over the years.

At the beginning of its birth-just after gaining a foothold, it faced the baptism of war.

1924, an engineer and a sales manager got to know each other, and after communication, they hit it off and set up Volvo, which was named after the Latin "I? Roll ",three years later, Volvo's first model OV4 officially rolled off the assembly line. However, the initial convertible design achieved relatively bleak sales, and then Volvo introduced the car hardtop PV4, which was finally recognized by the market.

Volvo PV4

Subsequently, Volvo introduced the six-cylinder engine PV65 1 in 1929, and the following year it introduced the PV652. In the following five years, Volvo successfully set a record of 1 10,000 vehicles off the assembly line, and really gained a foothold in the automobile manufacturing industry. 1936, Gustav, the founder of Volvo, officially put forward the concept of "vehicle safety" and officially started.

Just after gaining a foothold, it ushered in the world-class reshuffle of the automobile industry-World War II. Although Sweden is not a participating country, the situation is similar to that of COVID-19 this year, but it is much more serious. The whole industry is stagnant, and the supply gap of raw materials is serious. Volvo had to cut production and barely make ends meet. 1944 After the end of World War II, Volvo introduced a brand-new model, PV60, which barely achieved good safety and comfort for four years.

Later, Volvo increased its research and development on safety, pioneered the cage frame and laminated glass of safety cars, and laid a safe position in one fell swoop. All new technologies have been applied to the new car PV444. With its excellent safety and fuel economy, it produced a total of 200,000 cars during the period of 65,438+02.

PV444

Scale expansion and transformation strategy

Volvo was not complacent at that time and was still actively developing new models. 1953, Volvo introduced the first wagon PV445 on the basis of PV444. How successful is this car? At that time, many independent small workshops directly transformed cars with PV445, such as minivans, vans, convertibles and so on.

Volvo PV445

1956, with the formation of the new board of directors, Volvo launched a more fashionable new car-Volvo Amazon. The birth of this car caused an uproar at that time. In addition to the double-layer laminated glass, the instrument panel is also lined to reduce the impact on the human body when an accident occurs. Careful and extremely safe, this car1/kloc-0 sold 230,000 vehicles a year, completely getting rid of the shadow of World War II.

Volvo Amazon

Selfless decision

1958, nils boleyn became the first chief safety engineer of Volvo. In the same year, he invented the automobile three-point seat belt and applied for a patent. 1959, Volvo introduced Amazon 120 series and PV544 series, which were equipped with three-point seat belts for the first time. This "life belt" first appeared in the history of the whole automobile industry.

1967, Volvo made a famous "Report on 28,000 Traffic Accidents" at the traffic safety conference held in the United States, clearly pointing out that seat belts can save lives! Can reduce accidental injuries by more than half. In the same year, Volvo made a selfless decision to share the patent of three-point seat belts for free. This decision has saved millions of lives so far, and nils boleyn's invention has also been selected by the German Patent Office as "one of the eight greatest inventions contributing to mankind".

He must have a name! (nils boleyn)

1964, Volvo invented a car seat with safety and ergonomics.

1966, Volvo was selected as the safest car in the world.

1967, Volvo invented the first backward child safety seat. It reduced the casualties of 90% children in the accident.

1970, Volvo set up the first traffic accident investigation team in the industry to investigate traffic accidents and join in vehicle improvement.

1982, Volvo began to use airbags and invented the use of side air curtains.

199 1 year, Volvo introduced the side protection system.

1998, Volvo introduced the head safety protection system.

1999, the world's first ISOFIX standard child seat invention.

In 2002, Volvo developed a test dummy to simulate pregnant women.

In 2003, Volvo Intelligent Driving System came out. In the same year, a brand-new front structure that can cushion the collision force came out and applied for a patent.

In 2004, the active braking system came out, which triggered the industry revolution.

In 2008, the world's first urban safety system came out, effectively reducing and avoiding low-speed rear-end collisions. It was applied to XC60 in the same year.

20 10 automatic braking pedestrian protection system comes out.

In 20 12, the world's first pedestrian collision protection airbag came out.

20 15 pioneered the automatic braking technology at intersections.

In 20 16, the world's first "large animal detection system" came out.

Volvo could have made its competitors grovel and demanded the use of three-point seat belts, and could have paid countless patent fees in China every year. They can even refuse to share. Although everyone wants to make money, Volvo obviously thinks that the value of life is much higher than this.

A severe test of preparing for a rainy day

According to the survey of American Highway Safety Insurance Association, 25% of offset collisions are high-risk accidents, and the mortality rate is as high as 25%. However, almost all Volvo models participating in the test, regardless of year and model, got the best score of "G".

This is really a creepy performance. You know, from 20 12, almost all the cars that passed later were based on this test. Before that, no one had considered that Volvo was born with it.

Since 2004, no driver or passenger has been killed in the accident of Volvo XC90 in Britain. Volvo's development goal is that in 2020, all Volvo owners and passengers will be killed in the accident. In addition to ensuring the safety of drivers and passengers, Volvo is actively exploring the protection of pedestrians, animals and even nature.

This is all about chivalry.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.