There’s something unique about the new 2016 Volvo XC90 T6, a car so high-tech and advanced it makes me wonder if some of the other automakers have been sleeping under a rock.

In a week-long test, I took this sporty crossover down to the Twin Cities and did the exact opposite of what I’d normally do: I looked for rush-hour traffic and tried to get myself into a traffic jam. The car uses something called Pilot Assist, which is Volvo’s first implementation of a previous demo from way back in 2011 that creates a “platoon” of cars on the road. The basic idea is to have the car follow the speed and steering of the car in front of you. While the Volvo XC90 T6 is packed with safety and convenience features, some of them the first to ever debut on the road, it’s Pilot Assist that made me think we are inching ever so carefully toward the fully autonomous car.

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