Source: AutoExpress The Volkswagen up! city car has scored three stars in the latest round of Euro NCAP crash test results, down from the maximum five stars it was awarded when first assessed in 2011, with removal of the standard…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ARLINGTON, Va. – Four carmakers equipped virtually all the light vehicles they produced for the U.S. market between Sept. 1, 2018, and Aug. 31, 2019, with automatic emergency braking (AEB), three years ahead of…
The following is excerpted from a post written by Oliver Cameron, co-founder and CEO of Voyage which has developed SafeStop braking system for autonomous vehicles. The entire piece can be read by clicking on this sentence. PALO ALTO, Calif. –…
Source: Renault BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France – The New Renault Captur passed the Euro NCAP safety exam with 5 stars, the maximum rating, in the latest generation and thus most stringent tests. New Captur has proven all its qualities in terms of…
Source: The Straits Times SINGAPORE – Transport operator ComfortDelGro Corp has bought four Volvo buses fitted with collision warning and automatic emergency braking (AEB) features. The buses, the first of their kind here, will start plying from Dec. 1 as…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The safety features and driver assists are so well integrated in the 2019 Mazda6 Signature that the slick four-door sedan retains all the fun, all the “zoom, zoom” upon which the company built its name in this…
Source: Chief Collision Technology MADISON, Ind., – Chief Collision Technology announced a partnership with Burke Porter Group to create Mosaic advanced diagnostic technology (ADT), the industry’s first-ever automated advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) calibration system. By 2022, the majority of all…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ARLINGTON, Va. – The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rated the pedestrian crash prevention systems of 16 midsize cars in the lead-up to Halloween, a holiday that consistently ranks among the deadliest days…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Whether you call it a subcompact, as Kia does in its material for journalists, or a crossover/SUV, as the Korean company lists the Soul on its consumer Website, the redesigned 2020 GT-Line 1.6 Turbo delivers a comfortable,…
Source: CBS News DETROIT – Automatic emergency braking (AEB) will be standard in most cars in 2022. The technology is expected to cut the number of rear-end crashes in half, but hundreds of drivers say sometimes the system slams on…
Source: Bendix ELYRIA, Ohio – Oct. 22, 2019 – The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) has its eyes on a school year free of student transportation fatalities – and advanced vehicle safety technologies are a key to reaching that…
CHATHAM, MASS. – Ward’s Automotive, a respected communications platform for the auto industry, chose the 2019 Lincoln Nautilus’s interior as one of the 10 Best in its annual listing. A week driving and experiencing an all-wheel-drive burgundy-velvet-metallic version of the…
Source: AAA ORLANDO, Fla. – New research from AAA reveals that automatic emergency braking systems with pedestrian detection perform inconsistently, and proved to be completely ineffective at night. An alarming result, considering 75 percent of pedestrian fatalities occur after dark.…
Chatham, Mass. – Slotted between the three-row Explorer and compact Escape, the refreshed Ford Edge hits the sweet spot in the expanding cross-over (CUV) segment. Revised for 2019, the Edge Titanium we spent time in fits five adults and their…
Source: Velodyne SAN JOSE, Calif. — Marta Hall, President and Chief Business Development Officer of Velodyne Lidar, Inc. will address the future of vehicle safety at the IAA 2019 Conference in Frankfurt. Hall’s presentation will highlight the development of advanced, cost-effective lidar…
Source: FCA Auburn Hills, Mich. — The new-for-2019 Jeep® Cherokee midsize SUV has earned a Top Safety Pick rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The rating applies to 2019 Jeep Cherokees produced after April of this year, when…
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…
Source: AP DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating complaints that the automatic emergency braking on the Nissan Rogue can turn on for no apparent reason. The probe covers about 554,000 Rogue small SUVs from the…
Source: Carscoops.com Ann Arbor, Mich. –Drivers are still wary about autonomous driving technology, but a new study has found that advanced safety systems significantly reduce the chances of being involved in a collision. Conducted by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research…
This driving assessment of the Hyundai Kona Ultimate AWD continues The BRAKE Report’s look at the vehicles demonstrating the technology we write about daily. Each week we will spotlight a vehicle with an emphasis on safety features, as well as…
Source: Bosch Stuttgart, Germany, and Yokohama, Japan – Automated driving technology is gradually providing more and more assistance to the driver – with the future aim of the car being able to take complete control. But there is more to it…
With this assessment of the redesigned 2019 Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD, The BRAKE Report begins a weekly installment of driving impressions. Each week we will spotlight a vehicle with an emphasis on safety features, as well as an overall impression…
Middleboro, Mass. – Cadillac’s advertising tag line was once “Standard of the World” and with the introduction of the XT6 the General Motors division claims to be setting the standard for driver assistance and safety features in the SUV segment…
Source: Continental Hanover/Frankfurt, Germany – Continental will be showcasing technologies for the safe, clean and connected mobility of the future at the IAA 2019 . “Mobility is the Heartbeat of Life” is the technology company’s slogan for this year’s trade…
Source: BigRigs.au Australia – Canberra is a step closer to making autonomous emergency braking (AEB) a mandatory safety feature across the new heavy vehicle fleet. In line with the National Road Safety Action Plan 2018-2020, the Government this week released…