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New CRS Tests Results for Latin America

A new round of results of the Latin American Child Restraint Systems Evaluation Programme, PESRI, was released with the safety performance of 12 Child Restraint Systems (CRS) models sold in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Two results are also added from models that were evaluated in 2019 only with ISOFIX anchorages and were now tested with seatbelt.

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Crash Testing an electric Scania Truck

article imageA violent crash into the side of the truck is nothing to long for. But that is exactly what Scania s engineers deliberately orchestrate to improve safety in electric trucks.


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New Column: Quo vadis Automated Driving?

article imagePart 3: Safeguarding Automated Driving
We are pleased to have found a renowned expert in Dipl.-Phys. Udo Steininger, who will accompany the developments around "Automated Driving" in a monthly column in SafetyNews. Udo Steiniger is a senior expert for vehicle safety at TÜV SÜD and has specialized in automated driving since 2006.

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Why are Injury Risks higher for Women?

article imageWomen are much more likely than men to suffer a serious injury when they are involved in a crash, but much of the heightened risk is related to the types of vehicles women drive and the circumstances of their crashes, rather than physical differences, new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.

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Why are there no Crash Test Dummies that represent average Women?

article imageMajor safety rating systems used around the world don t use an updated representation of an average female in their tests for car safety. In fact, they don t even put a female dummy in the drivers seat for most crash tests in the US. This has major implications for the safety of women driving cars.

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UK will allow Automated Driving on Motorways this Year

article imageThe UK is set to be the first European country to permit vehicles to be operated using a form of automated driving made possible by so-called automated lane keeping systems (ALKS), following an agreement on the specifications for ALKS at the UNECE in Geneva last summer.

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Bosch teams up with Microsoft to develop Software-defined Vehicle Platform for seamless Integration between Cars and Cloud

article imageBosch teams up with Microsoft to develop a software platform to seamlessly connect cars to the cloud. The goal of this collaboration is to simplify and accelerate the development and deployment of vehicle software throughout a car s lifetime in accordance with automotive quality standards.

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Updates for the X-Crash Family

article imageVersion 1.4.1 of the X-Crash Zero software for evaluating advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in modern motor vehicles has been released. Extensive enhancements with analysis support for new test scenarios and the new feature of dynamic graphical display of the test result set new standards in the evaluation of the safety of driver assistance systems.

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The 4th ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2020 held during the Pandemic & Update of ASEAN NCAP Plans in 2021

article imageThe New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) organized its 4th ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2020 event on 16 February 2021. The fourth biannual event was held online using the Webex platform as the current COVID-19 pandemic situation does not permit cross-border travels and face-to-face social activities in a physical setting.

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New Q10 Hip Shields

article imageHumanetics improves hip shields for the Q10 child ATD with an updated manufacturing process to produce more consistent parts with a higher performance specification. Humanetics tested the hip shields as part of the Q10 2020 qualification.

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IIHS recognizes safest 2021 Models

article imageThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is recognizing 49 models for providing the highest level of safety - more than double the number that earned the TOP SAFETY PICK+ award last year.

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Three landmark UN Vehicle Regulations enter into Force

article imageThree landmark UN vehicle regulations - Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management Systems, Software Updates and Software Updates Management Systems, Automated Lane Keeping Systems adopted last June by the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations entered into force on 22 January 2021, as notified by the United Nations Secretary General. 

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Joyson Safety Systems supplies Technology to support General Motors Super Cruise Driver Assistance System

article imageJoyson Safety Systems will supply several components to General Motors s hand s free driver assistance feature, Super Cruise. With the support of Australia-based advanced vision technology company, Seeing Machines Limited, JSS is providing General Motors with the advanced Driver Attention System.

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As Distracted Driving Deaths increase, new Research highlights Resources to strengthen Laws and Enforcement

article imageThe Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) announced the release of the inaugural Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) report, Using Electronic Devices While Driving: Legislation and Enforcement Implications, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) and funded through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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REE Automotive opens new Engineering Centre of Excellence in the UK

article imageREE Automotive (REE) mergers with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp, establishs a new state-of-the-art Engineering Centre of Excellence. The new Engineering Centre will expedite REE s strategic plans to meet anticipated global demand for its breakthrough REEcorner and Electric Vehicle (EV) platform technology.

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Seminars and Events

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carhs.training seminars and events for automotive safety.

All seminars are available as in-house trainings in both German and English!

NVH - Background, Practice and Simulation Methodology
15.03.2021 - 18.03.2021 Online
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jennewein - Darmstad UASt, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Zopp - RheinMain UAS EUR 1590
Pedestrian Protection - Development Strategies
15.03.2021 - 18.03.2021 Online
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Maren Finck, carhs.training gmbh EUR 940
Material Models of Plastics and Foams for Crash Simulation
15.03.2021 - 18.03.2021 Online
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kolling - Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen - University of Applied Sciences EUR 940
Crash-Sensing and Intelligent Restraint Systems
16.03.2021 - 18.03.2021 Online
Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Groesch - Groesch Automotive Safety Consulting EUR 1590
Introduction to the Python Programming Language
17.03.2021 - 18.03.2021 in Alzenau
Dr. André Backes - TECOSIM Technische Simulation GmbH EUR 1590
Design of Composite Structures
18.03.2021 - 19.03.2021 in Alzenau
Dr. Roland Hinterhölzl - University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria EUR 1590
Head Impact on Vehicle Interiors: FMVSS 201 and UN R21
26.03.2021 Online
Torsten Gärtner - Opel Automobile GmbH EUR 940
Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies
12.04.2021 - 15.04.2021 Online
Stephanie Wolter - BMW AG, Norman Meißner - BMW AG EUR 1340
Crashworthy and Lightweight Car Body Design
12.04.2021 - 15.04.2021 Online
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher - University of Wuppertal EUR 790
Introduction to Impact Biomechanics and Human Body Models
12.04.2021 - 15.04.2021 Online
Prof. Dr. Karin Brolin - Lightness by Design AB EUR 1340
Advances in Sensors for Automated Driving
12.04.2021 - 15.04.2021 Online
Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Groesch - Groesch Automotive Safety Consulting EUR 1340
Basics of Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing)
15.04.2021 Online
Prof. Dr. Fabian Riß - Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences EUR 790
Passenger Cars in Low-Speed Crashes
19.04.2021 - 22.04.2021 Online,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bachem - Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences EUR 790
Python based Machine Learning with Automotive Applications
19.04.2021 - 22.04.2021 Online
Dr. André Backes - TECOSIM Technische Simulation GmbH EUR 790
Vehicle safety under self-certification: Principles, obligations, enforcement, and remedies
19.04.2021 - 23.04.2021 Online
John F. Creamer - GlobalAutoRegs.com EUR 790
NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings
19.04.2021 - 22.04.2021 Online
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - Federal Highway Research Institute EUR 790
Crash Safety of Hybrid- and Electric Vehicles
20.04.2021 - 23.04.2021 Online
Rainer Justen - Daimler AG EUR 1340
Introduction to Active Safety of Vehicles
26.04.2021 - 29.04.2021 Online,
Dr.-Ing. Gerd Müller - Technical University of Berlin EUR 790

Please find the full list of seminars at our website.

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