SEAT displays the Leon Cristobal at the Smart City Expo, the safest car in its history

- The concept car is equipped with six advanced safety assistants to reduce risks and accidents

- The company also presents ‘About It’, the first project developed by SEAT Metropolis:Lab Barcelona

- Every new development provides a solution for each of the pillars in the Barcelona city council’s Urban Mobility Plan

- At the event, the winner will be announced of the Autonomous Driving Challenge for scale model cars under the leadership of CARNET with the participation of 9 universities

SEAT is exhibiting four major developments in mobility of the future in smart cities at the seventh edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress. All the initiatives are framed in the guidelines of the Barcelona city council’s Urban Mobility Plan, which seeks mobility that is safe, efficient, sustainable and equitable.

SEAT President Luca de Meo pointed out that “SEAT’s commitment to improving urban mobility with solutions that are innovative, easy and smart is in the spotlight at this new edition of the Smart City Expo”. In addition, de Meo emphasised that “our commitment is to continue strengthening our ties with Barcelona as a benchmark Smart City, and for this reason, we are presenting initiatives which are aligned with the four pillars promoted by the city in its mobility plan”.

With an emphasis on safe mobility, the company is presenting the SEAT Leon Cristobal at the three-day event, the safest car in the history of the brand. This ‘guardian angel’ concept car is equipped with six advanced safety assistants whose functions can contribute to reducing the main causes of road accidents, such as distractions, drowsiness, speeding or alcohol consumption. These factors are currently the cause of 80% of all traffic accidents. The Leon Cristobal is equipped with the following functions:

1. Drive-lock: this system features a built-in breathalyser and blocks the car if a positive reading is given.

2. Drive-coach: a voice assistant that enables the safety warnings to be completely personalised.

3. Guardian angel mode: in this driving mode, all 15 of the active and passive safety systems equipped in the vehicle are activated.

4. Display-mirror: rear-view mirror that uses a rear camera for better vision, eliminating blind spots.

5. Black box: it records data and images while driving and sends them to a selected Smartphone in the event of an accident.

6. Mentor: an app that enables parents to control the vehicle’s speed and monitor its location when their children are driving it.

The SEAT Leon Cristobal, named after the patron saint of drivers, could reduce road accidents by 40% if more than half of the vehicles on the road were equipped with the functions included in Cristobal.