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Now THIS carmaker is planning a driverless car

Sweden's Volvo named the head of Volkswagen-owned Scania as its chief executive on Wednesday, replacing embattled Olof Persson.

Technology in the auto space is advancing at a rapid speed, with much of the focus on the development of autonomous cars. But although Google (GOOGL) has dominated the headlines, it's not the only one making waves in this space.

Speaking to CNBC at Mobile World Congress, Klas Bendrik, CIO of Volvo (VOLV.B-SE), said it too was developing a driverless car, which would be tested by "normal people on normal roads."

"The starting point is to put these 100 cars in the streets of Gothenburg (Sweden), driven by normal people on normal roads, which will actually see whether this can be rolled out further in Europe and also in the U.S.," he said Tuesday.

In February, Volvo revealed details of its "Drive Me" program, which will see the company work with transport authorities and legislators to get driverless cars on the roads as soon as 2017.

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It came after Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, told CNBC Monday that his company was "on track" to deliver an autonomous car by 2020 .

"What we have promised is that automatic traffic-jam driving will come in 2016…and by 2020 city driving," Ghosn said, stressing that it would enable people to be "more in control of driving."