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Euro NCAP Unveils Truck Safety Tests

Euro NCAP Unveils Truck Safety Tests

Euro NCAP, an influential organization in automotive safety testing, has introduced the first ever safety rating tests for heavy trucks. This new development is aimed at enhancing road safety by addressing the disproportionately high number of truck-related road fatalities in…

NHTSA announced it has a consent decree with Volvo trucks

NHTSA Consent Order with Volvo Group

Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced a consent order with Volvo Group North America, a collective of several manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks and buses. (Volvo Group North America is a separate…

V90 Cross Country Not Your Father’s Volvo Station Wagon

V90 Cross Country Not Your Father’s Volvo Wagon

CHATHAM, Mass. – Volvo spent decades building a reputation in the U.S. for solid, safe, boring cars, especially station wagons, filled with “smart,” upscale suburbanites, but with vehicles like the 2021 Volvo V90 T6 AWD Cross Country boring no longer…

Interior view of the Volvo Active Driver Assist System

Volvo Improves Braking, Detection System

Source: Transport Topics DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America introduced an updated version of its driver assistance system that increases the speed from which the brakes can stop the truck without driver input, and which improves the system’s recognition…

Volvo Achieves 5-Star Success at Euro NCAP

The new Volvo S60 sedan and V60 estate today received the maximum five-star rating in their 2018 Euro NCAP safety tests, continuing a five-star streak for the Volvo line-up. The result underlines Volvo Cars’ reputation for consistently putting some of…

The brake friction products market will hit $17.2 billion by 2032

Brake Systems Market to Hit $29B by 2029

Source: Exactitude Consultancy announcement LUTON, U.K. — The global brake system market is projected to reach $29 billion by 2029, up from $19.33 billion in 2020, at a compound-annual-growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5 percent from 2022 to 2029, according to…

Audi is recalling certain 2021 E-Tron Quattro and Quattro Sportbacks to replace a potentially faulty brake booster

e-tron Recall by Audi to Replace Brake Booster

HERNDON, Va. – Volkswagen Group of America is recalling certain 2021 model-year Audi e-tron Quattro and e-tron Quattro Sport Backs to remedy a potentially faulty brake servo which could result in loss of power brake assist. The 38 vehicles affected…