LEINFELDEN-ECHTERDINGEN, Germany – The automatic emergency braking (AEB) assistant, which was presented for the first time in 2006, has a special success story. Active Brake Assist has been sold more than a million times to date in vehicles from Daimler…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Mitsubishi, Nissan/Infiniti and Stellantis installed automatic-emergency braking (AEB) on more than 95 percent of the vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022, joining 12 automakers that…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Automatic emergency braking (AEB) reduces rear-end crash rates for pickups dramatically, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. But despite the heightened danger they pose to…
Source: ResearchAndMarkets.com announcement DUBLIN – The global commercial vehicle (CV) automatic emergency braking (AEB) will grow by some 3.3 million units in the period 2022-2026, according to a new report from ResearchAndMarkets. com. The Global Commercial Vehicle Advanced Emergency Braking…
Source: AAA East Central announcement PITTSBURGH – Automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard equipment in most new cars sold in the United States. Over the years, AEB has successfully stemmed rear-end crashes which can result in injuries, property damage, and…
IIHS: AEB Less Effective at Night Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is introducing a nighttime test of pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to address the high percentage of…
Source: Teledyne FLIR post WILSONVILLE, Ore. – Teledyne FLIR recently posted the results of a study it had performed on the combination of thermal cameras with automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. The results of this study – such a combination…
Source: Future Market Insights announcement LONDON — Over the forecast period of 2022-2032, the automatic emergency braking (AEB) market is expected to grow at a compound-annual-growth rate (CAGR) of 8.0 percent, exceeding $63,591.7 million by 2032, according to a recent…
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. – One of the latest examples of inadvertent automatic-emergency braking (AEB) activation has been reported along a stretch of roadway in Brunswick County, N.C. According to a report by WECT-TV, drivers of a variety of makes and…
PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has agreed to recall 17 model-year 2022 Freightliner Cascadia heavy-duty trucks due to a potential for the automatic emergency braking (AEB) system to malfunction in very unique circumstances. According to the National…
Source: Kettering University announcement FLINT, Mich. — Kettering University Assistant Professor Dr. Ahmed Mekky and his team of graduate students are discovering the limitations of vehicles’ automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to help owners better understand their vehicles. Rimkus Consulting…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Now that nearly every new vehicle comes with automatic emergency braking (AEB), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is looking for ways to encourage even better systems that can…
Source: Future Market Insights announcement LONDON — Over the period of 2022-2032, the automatic emergency braking (AEB) market is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of eight percent, exceeding $63,591.7 million by 2032 according to a study…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) this month petitioned federal regulators to require manufacturers to equip all new passenger vehicles with automatic…
PLANO, Texas — Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has agreed to recall certain model-year 2021 Toyota C-HR subcompact crossovers (CUV) to correct non-functioning radar sensors and cameras which provide data for the vehicles’ pre-collision warning system. An estimated less than…
Source: Teledyne FLIR announcement WILSONVILLE, Ore. — Recent testing by IIHS announced February 3rd has again shown the limitations of existing Automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to detect pedestrians at night, and highlights the need for additional technologies to help…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems that can detect pedestrians are preventing pedestrian crashes — but only in the daytime or on well-lit roads. In all light conditions, crash rates for…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Twelve automakers are ahead of schedule in meeting a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB). Ford/Lincoln…
Source: ANCAP SAFETY announcement MANUKA, Australia — Australasia’s independent vehicle safety consumer advocate, ANCAP SAFETY, has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Government to introduce an Australian Design Rule (ADR) mandating the fitment of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in light…
Source: Hyundai announcement FOUNTAIN VALLEY – During the past year, 98 percent of the Hyundai vehicles produced for sale in the U.S. include four safety features as standard technology – Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist/Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist/Lane Following, and…
The fitment of automatic emergency braking systems (AEB) to vehicles is advancing rapidly due to a combination of competitive marketing amongst automotive manufacturers (trying to appeal to safety-conscious buyers) and government regulations. Standards on inclusion of this feature and the…
Source: Bosch announcement PLYMOUTH, Mich. – New accident research released by Bosch yesterday revealed the potential of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) to significantly improve road safety. According to Bosch’s findings, when AEB is present in all vehicles, the technology could…
MARKHAM, Ont. — The following was excerpted from a post by Greg Meckbach in Canadian Underwriter about changes one Canadian auto-insurance company, Aviva Canada, is making to its underwriting policies, including eliminating the discount for automatic-emergency braking (AEB) systems in…
SAN FRANCISCO — The following is excerpted from a post by Jeff Day on StreetsBlogUSA providing a pro-and-con look at today’s automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. He writes about the increasing commonality of the systems, their positive abilities as well…
Source: The following is excerpted from an article by Sean Davidson on CTV News about a Canadian driver who experienced several automatic-emergency brake (AEB) incidents in her new Hyundai Tucson. The woman said the vehicle came to a sudden stop…