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NHTSA 2020 Update on AEB Installation

The Brake ReportBy The Brake ReportDecember 18, 2020Updated:December 17, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
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Source: NHTSA announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the progress of 20 automakers toward manufacturing passenger vehicles with low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. 

This is part of a voluntary effort by automakers in collaboration with NHTSA to equip almost all new passenger vehicles with low-speed AEB, including forward collision warning, by Aug. 31, 2023.

Ten manufacturers – Audi, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo – are already installing AEB in all new passenger vehicles, three years ahead of schedule. 

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During the period from September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020, another four manufacturers – Ford, Honda, Kia, and Nissan – equipped more than 75 percent of their new passenger vehicles with AEB.

“Automatic emergency braking can help prevent or reduce the severity of crashes, which also reduces the risk of injury,” said NHTSA Deputy Administrator James Owens.  “We applaud manufacturers for moving swiftly to include lifesaving technologies in new vehicles.  Through this voluntary approach, we are seeing significantly faster deployment of automatic emergency braking than we would have through regulation, and that means lives are being saved and injuries are being avoided today.”

NHTSA estimates the agreement could make AEB standard on new cars three years faster than could be achieved through the regulatory process.

The success of the commitment can be seen through the data.  There are about 5 million more vehicles manufactured a year with AEB than when this effort started.  And while manufacturing of vehicles for sale in the United States declined by 23 percent this year due to the public health crisis, vehicles manufactured with AEB fell only 9 percent, illustrating that manufacturers did not falter on their efforts to increase safety through AEB.

ManufacturerPercent Reported in 2020ManufacturerPercent Reported in 2020
Tesla100Honda94
Volvo100Nissan93
BMW99Ford91
Audi99Kia75
Subaru99Porsche55
Volkswagen98Maserati48
Mercedes-Benz97General Motors47
Toyota97Mitsubishi39
Mazda96FCA14
Hyundai96Jaguar Land Rover0
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