Night Moves: IIHS to develop nighttime AEB testing standards
Toronto, Ontario — The rapid integration of automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems into passenger vehicles has been nothing short of miraculous in its ability to save driver’s lives, however, the IIHS has announced that they are developing testing to shed light on one of the technology’s most significant downfalls. New research from the Insurance Institute […]
Future Fruit: BMW to use BlackBerry QNX to develop automation technology
Waterloo, Ontario — BMW is the latest automaker to take a bite out of the berry as Blackberry Limited announced that it has entered a multi-year agreement with the company to develop automation technology. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its QNX technology to BMW Group, as well as assign a team of […]
Breaking the Brake Barrier: Ford, Honda equip 95 percent of vehicles with AEB
Toronto, Ontario — If there were a gifted program for OEMs then Ford and Honda would be its newest members as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that the pair of automakers have reached their AEB goal ahead of schedule. The IIHS announced on Friday that Ford and Honda had both managed to […]
Top of the Class: Hyundai lineup 98 percent AEB-equipped, two years ahead of deadline
Toronto, Ontario — Like the kid in class that somehow got their science project done a week early, Hyundai is showing off as among the first automakers to equip nearly all of their vehicles with automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. Beating the industry deadline by two years, 98 percent of all Hyundai vehicles produced this […]
Invisible Hand: Tesla update causing faulty AEB responses, says NHTSA
Toronto, Ontario — No, your car isn’t full of ghosts, it’s just Tesla’s latest over-the-air update that is reportedly causing some vehicles’ automatic emergency braking system to trigger unexpectedly. Somehow that feels spookier than ghosts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported on Monday that as many as 11,704 vehicles were subjected to false […]
Bosch Knows Best: Bosch reports AEB could prevent one-third of crashes
Toronto, Ontario — With a bill proposing to mandate the integration of AEB on all passenger vehicles currently before the U.S. House of Representatives, Bosch has released a report showing that about one-third of U.S. vehicle crashes could be prevented with the technology. Bosch said that if integrated across the board, Automatic Emergency Braking systems […]
Braking the Bank: Bill mandating AEB on all vehicles to go before U.S. House
Washington, D.C. — A $1 trillion infrastructure bill currently before the U.S. House of Representatives has the potential to mandate automatic emergency braking in all passenger vehicles, setting a significant new benchmark for automakers. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to make a rule establishing minimum performance standards for such anti-crash technology, and to […]
IIHS adds Hyundai Santa Fe Sport to Top Safety Pick+ list
Toronto, Ontario — May 20, 2016 — The US-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has added another vehicle to its Top Safety Pick+ list. The 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, when equipped with optional front crash prevention, qualifies under the IIHS’ testing standards. The Santa Fe Sport received good ratings in the institute’s moderate […]
OEMs to make automatic emergency braking standard by 2022, Toyota jumps ahead of the pack
By Dylan O’Hagan Toronto, Ontario — March 22, 2016 — First it was seatbelts, then air bags and now automatic emergency braking (AEB) could be the latest safety feature to be mandated for all new vehicles in the future. At least 20 large automakers have vowed to make it standard by September 1, 2022. The […]
Report: Forward collision warning systems effective in preventing rear-end collisions
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — February 1, 2016 — It looks like collision warning systems and automatic braking are effective at reducing the number of certain types of collisions, according to a recently released report by the US-based Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS). The study, “Effectiveness of Forward Collision Warning Systems with and […]
