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New Research raises Questions about Inflatable Booster Seats

A recent study using a computer model of a 6-year-old child provides new insight into what makes an effective booster seat. One thing that seems to be important: adequate stiffness. The new information requires further study but is enough to prompt the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to remove the BEST BET designation previously awarded to two inflatable boosters, the BubbleBum and the Hiccapop UberBoost.

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Automated Driving: Bosch and Volkswagen Group Subsidiary Cariad agree on extensive Partnership

article imageMore safety and less stress for drivers, more rapid deployment of automated driving functions across all vehicle classes: Bosch and the Volkswagen Group subsidiary Cariad are now collaborating to achieve this objective, and have agreed to form an extensive partnership. The companies want to make partially and highly automated driving suitable for volume production, and thus available to the broad mass of consumers.

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DENSO develops Global Safety Package 3 to improve Vehicle Sensing

article imageDENSO developes Global Safety Package 3, an active safety system designed to improve the safety of vehicles by giving them high sensing capability of their surroundings. This product is used in the Hino Ranger, the Lexus NX, and the Toyota Noah and Voxy, which were released in August 2021, October 2021, and January 2022, respectively.

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Small SUVs struggle in new Side Test

article imageThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is introducing a new, tougher side crash test to address higher-speed crashes that continue to cause fatalities. In the first tests of 2020-21 vehicles, only one out of 20 small SUVs, the 2021 Mazda CX-5, earns a good rating. "We developed this new test because we suspected there was room for more progress, and these results confirm that," IIHS President David Harkey says. "The good rating for the CX-5 shows that robust protection in a more severe side crash is achievable."

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Ansys helps drive Electric Autonomous Vehicle Safety for EasyMile

article imageEasyMile looked to Ansys software for a single-source, turnkey solution to demonstrate the safety of their driverless vehicles. With CADFEM France, Ansys enabled engineers to work from a single model for all safety activities across platforms-significantly shortening development cycles, speeding time to market and reducing operational costs for the company s driverless shuttle and tow tractor solutions.

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emotion3D and onsemi collaborate on innovative Driver and Occupant Monitoring System Reference Design

article imageemotion3D and onsemi announced a joint reference design for driver and occupant monitoring system (DOMS). By combining driver and occupant monitoring in one camera, this unique design enables multiple safety capabilities and a next-level user experience. This allows automotive OEMs to deploy high-performance, low-cost, next-generation in-cabin imaging solutions that make driving safer and more enjoyable. 

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Volvo Cars' unsupervised Autonomous Driving Feature Ride Pilot to debut in California

article imageVolvo Cars will introduce its unsupervised autonomous driving feature Ride Pilot to customers in the state of California first. By building on an industry-leading safety standard that will feature in Volvo Cars next generation of pure electric cars, Ride Pilot aims to free up more time for customers and make driving a Volvo even more convenient and enjoyable.

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Software-defined Car: Foundations for future Vehicle Generations

article imageSome of today's vehicles already feature more than 100 control units. This high complexity of electrical and electronic systems and their architecture will further increase, but must remain manageable. The "Software-Defined Car" (SofDCar) project, in which Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is involved together with the University of Stuttgart, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKSF), and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology.

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FIA Foundation marks 20 Years of Activity at 2021 Annual Meeting

article imageThe FIA Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary, launching a commemorative review at its Annual General Meeting in Paris. The Foundation was established by the FIA in 2001, and began its work in earnest in early 2002. With a remit to work on road safety, sustainable mobility and safe motor sport, the charity has been a leader and funder in global road safety advocacy, and has supported many successful initiatives over the past two decades.

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Older Drivers, older Cars, higher Risk

article imageOlder drivers, who are less likely to survive severe crashes than any other age group, also tend to drive outdated vehicles that lack crucial safety features, recent studies from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show. Healthier than ever before, Americans in their 70s and 80s are driving more miles and crashing less often than in past decades. But age-related fragility still makes older drivers less likely to survive crashes than other demographics.

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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!

Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation
18.02.2022 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr. Thomas Karall - Hof University of Applied Sciences EUR 940
Robust Design - Vehicle Development under Uncertainty
21.02.2022 - 22.02.2022 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fabian Duddeck, Technical University Munich EUR 1590
Introduction to Data Acquisition in Safety Testing
21.02.2022 - 22.02.2022 in Alzenau
Thomas Wild - Continental Safety Engineering International GmbH EUR 1590
Introduction of Reduced Order Modelling and its Application for Model based real-time Optimization
22.02.2022 - 25.02.2022 Online
Dr. Kambiz Kayvantash - CADLM EUR 940
NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings
22.02.2022 - 23.02.2022 in Alzenau
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - Federal Highway Research Institute EUR 1590
Whiplash Testing and Evaluation in Rear Impacts
23.02.2022 in Alzenau
Thomas Frank, LEAR Corporation GmbH EUR 940
Introduction to Passive Safety of Vehicles
02.03.2022 - 03.03.2022 in Shanghai
Rainer Hoffmann - carhs.training gmbh RMB 6900
Design of Composite Structures
07.03.2022 - 08.03.2022 in Alzenau
Dr. Roland Hinterhölzl - University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria EUR 1340
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving Functions
07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022 Online
Dr. Andreas Kuhn - Andata Entwicklungstechnologie GmbH EUR 1340
Ejection Mitigation FMVSS 226: Requirements - Testing - Development Strategies
08.03.2022 in Alzenau
Valentin Zimmermann - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 790
Python based Machine Learning with Automotive Applications
09.03.2022 - 12.03.2022 Online
Dr. André Backes - TECOSIM Technische Simulation GmbH EUR 1340
Pedestrian Protection - Development Strategies
14.03.2022 in Alzenau
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Maren Finck, carhs.training gmbh EUR 790
Introduction to Passive Safety of Vehicles
14.03.2022 - 17.03.2022 Online
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh EUR 1340
Material Models of Plastics and Foams for Crash Simulation
15.03.2022 - 16.03.2022 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kolling - Technical University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen EUR 1340
International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments
17.03.2022 - 18.03.2022 in Alzenau
Dr. Thomas Kinsky - Humanetics Europe GmbH EUR 1340
Development of Frontal Restraint Systems meeting Legal and Consumer Protection Requirements
21.03.2022 - 22.03.2022 in Alzenau
Kai Golowko - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 1340

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