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ANCAP SAFETY is thrilled with the new Australian law mandating AEB in passenger vehicles

ANCAP Welcomes Mandatory AEB for Australia

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…

Hyundai has achieved its commitment to have AEB on at its vehicles two years ahead of schedule

Hyundai Meets AEB Commitment Early

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…

New research released by Bosch yesterday revealed the potential of AEB to significantly improve road safety

Cyclists in Japan to Receive Car-AEB Protection

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…

New research released by Bosch yesterday revealed the potential of AEB to significantly improve road safety

AEB Could Cut Serious Crashes by a Third

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…

Canadian insurer Aviva will drop the 15-percent AEB discount in Nova Scotia

Canadian Insurer to Drop AEB Discount

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…

NHTSA has proposed rules concerning AEB systems on vehicles sold in teh U.S.

Today’s AEB Systems – Pros and Cons

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…

Harley-Davidson will limit production until it can figure out a brake hose issue

Radar AEB Patented by Harley-Davidson

Source: The following is excerpted from a piece by Dustin Wheelen posted on RideApart about a new radar controlled autonomous braking system patented by Harley-Davidson. MILWAUKEE – Harley-Davidson has been developing adaptive cruise control for its fleet, and the company’s…

Rear AEB cuts insurance claims, study shows

Rear AEB Cuts Insurance Claims

Source: HLDI announcement ARLINGTON, Va. – Front automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems have greater potential to save lives, but rear AEB is saving drivers the hassle and expense of many a fender bender, an updated analysis from the Highway Loss…

New rules in Japan will mean AEB systems must be able to mitigate collisions with cyclists

NHTSA 2020 Update on AEB Installation

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…

Bird Introduces First E-Scooter AEB System

Source: Bird blog SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Bird, the urban mobility company which provides electric scooters for rental, has unveiled an automatic emergency braking (AEB) system for its Bird Two e-scooters. According to the company, this is the micromobility industry’s…

Hyundai Tucson recall grows to approximately 650,000 vehicles

Hyundai Achieves AEB Commitment Early

Source: Hyundai announcement FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — During the past year, 96 percent of the Hyundai vehicles produced for sale in the U.S. offered Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) as standard equipment, meeting a voluntary industry commitment two years in advance…

Nissan AEB Lawsuit Allowed to Continue

Source: CarComplaints.com post NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A federal judge has ruled against Nissan, thus allowing the class-action lawsuit against the automaker for alleged malfunctioning automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to continue. The company’s AEB is designed to first warn the…

Australian AEB Mandate Closer to Reality

Source: Practical Motoring post CANBERRA, Australia – Brand-new Australian vehicles may soon be required to have autonomous emergency braking (AEB) as a standard feature. The Australian Federal Government will soon close applications for public comment on the proposal that it…

FLIR Fuses Thermal Sensing into AEB

Source: WardsAuto.com post YPSILANTI, Mich. – Combining cameras and radar, automatic emergency braking (AEB) sees and senses objects, people and animals in a vehicle’s path, often before its driver does, and brakes to avoid a collision if the driver doesn’t.…

FLIR Systems thermal imaging technology

FLIR Systems, VSI Labs Improve AEB Systems

Source: FLIR Systems announcement ARLINGTON, Va. – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced the results from recent automatic emergency braking (AEB) tests that examined how adding a thermal sensor and fusing the data with a radar, a visible sensor, and…

Nissan Rogue Receives 1,400 AEB Complaints

Source: CARCOMPLAINTS.COM post FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Nissan Rogue automatic braking problems have caused more than 1,400 reports about automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems that activate even though no forward objects are present. According to Nissan, AEB “uses radar technology to monitor…