Volvo says “blame us” if any of its self-driving cars crashes when it’s in autonomous mode. The company hopes the assumption of liability takes away one concern of the public and spurs the development and adoption of self-driving cars.

Volvo says self-driving cars will be here sooner than many believe.

Separately, Volvo called for a single federal set of standards for autonomous vehicles, also to speed up development of the vehicles. Volvo released the top lines on its corporate stance in advance of a seminar on self-driving it’s sponsoring Thursday in Washington.