WASHINGTON — Volvo is responding to a popular video showing a聽demonstration of a Volvo XC60 and its alleged self-parking assist feature that went very wrong in the Dominican Republic.
In the video, the vehicle quickly picks up speed and slams into journalists documenting the demo.
According to the website, , the men received minor bruising from the incident.
reached out to the automaker and聽spokesman Johan Larsson explained that the video is mislabeled and said that the聽car is not attempting to self-park.
鈥淚t seems they are trying to demonstrate pedestrian detection and auto-braking,鈥� Larsson said in an email to Fusion.net. 鈥淯nfortunately, there were some issues in the way the test was conducted.鈥�
Larsson says the people who purchased the vehicle in this demonstration did not pay聽for the 鈥淧edestrian detection functionality,鈥� which is a feature that costs extra.
Watch the incident:
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the statements from the Volvo spokesman.
