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Volvo is introducing the first multi-adaptive seatbelt technology on the EX60 EV

Volvo has introduced a new seatbelt technology that can customize the protection it provides in real time.

The "multi-adaptive safety belt" system, as the automaker is calling it, uses data input from both interior and exterior sensors to change protection settings based on various factors. If the passenger is on the larger side, for instance, they will receive a higher belt load setting to reduce the risk of a head injury in the event of a serious crash. "This marks a major upgrade to the modern three-point safety belt, a Volvo invention introduced in 1959, estimated to have saved over a million lives."

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