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Small Overlap Front Crash Rating Program delivers real-world Benefits

Driving a vehicle that earns a good rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's driver-side small overlap front crash test reduces your risk of dying in a real-world crash, a new IIHS study shows. A driver in a good-rated vehicle is 12 percent less likely than a driver in a poor-rated one to be killed in a frontal crash, the study found.

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Euro NCAP releases 2023 Commercial Van Ratings and announces Plans for Safety Testing of HGV's

article imageIn 2023, Euro NCAP is taking the next step and tightening up the criteria for the Commercial Van Safety Ratings. The results for eighteen vans are released that have been tested under these new conditions. Under Euro NCAP's plans, by 2026 vans will be expected to have the same ADAS requirements as passenger cars, and the van rating will from then on only consider standard fitment across all European markets. Euro NCAP will soon advance safety solutions in the fleet market with the introduction of a rating scheme for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

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New ADAS Target helps to improve the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users

article imageAB Dynamics has launched the Soft Scooter 360, a highly-realistic Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW) test target. It enables vehicle manufacturers to safely test and develop ADAS and autonomous vehicle systems. It has been developed in response to the significant growth of PTWs globally, which is being driven in part by the increased environmental, economic and practical benefits of electric PTWs.

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How Cars are getting safer with Interior Cameras and AI

article imageCommon restraint systems - such as seat belts and airbags, which secure vehicle occupants in their seats in the event of an accident and protect them from injury in the event of a collision - are designed for a man who is 1.75 m tall and weighs 78 kg. They therefore only provide optimum protection for people who meet this standard. To change this, Patrick Laufer at IAV has developed a method that uses an interior camera, originally installed in the vehicle for drowsiness and distraction detection of the driver, to recognize the gender and estimate the height and weight of the occupants. This will allow future restraint systems to be personalized and optimize safety for each person in the car.

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Dangerous All-rounders: Modern Technology distracts Drivers too much

article imageThe current Allianz study shows that driver distraction has increased significantly due to modern technology. The risk of car accidents increases by around 50 percent due to the operation of modern communication, entertainment and comfort technologies.

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Five Ways Europe can tackle Road Deaths

article imageAccording to new figures, published, there were 20,600 road deaths in the EU last year, a 3 % increase compared with 2021. But a reduction of 10 % from 2019 which was the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic. The European Transport Safety Council is recommending five measures that the EU and European governments should consider implementing to help reach the target of halving road deaths and serious injuries over the decade to 2030.

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Chinese Supplier Darhour relies on Sled System "Made in Germany"

article imageDarhour has been manufacturing seat belts and child restraint systems for the global automotive market for over 20 years. In order to meet the worldwide requirements for safety-related products, regulations and standards must be fulfilled, documented and tested. With the successful installation of MESSRINGS CIS System, Darhour has reached the next milestone in the continuous development of its processes. This is a consistent step in the context of the company's commitment to being a progressive high-tech company offering development, production, sales and services all from a single source.

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Cognata collaborates with Microsoft to help Mobility Companies evaluate Sensors for Automated Driving

article imageCognata announces a new product launch, running on Microsoft Azure, and AMD processors and GPUs, to allow Automotive customers to virtually and efficiently evaluate ADAS/AV sensors through realistic simulation environments. Cognata's Automated Driving Perception Hub allows sensors to be evaluated versus a common set of industry-standard scenarios, and their performance is quickly and easily analyzed.

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ETSC and PACTS set out Safety Recommendations for E-scooters and their Riders

article imageA 20 km/h factory-set speed limit, larger wheels, a ban on passengers and pavement riding, compulsory helmets and a minimum age of 16. These are some of the recommendations set out in a new report on safer technical standards for e-scooters and safer e-scooter usage rules in Europe, published by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS).

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Infineon coordinates wide-scale Research Initiative for Supercomputers in highly Automated Connected Vehicles

article imageInfineon Technologies AG They will be the heart of automated connected vehicles: high-performance computers built into the car, processing all the available data and information as quickly and reliably as possible, so that the vehicles can make their way safely through traffic. The research project Mannheim-CeCaS (CentralCarServer) will develop a corresponding automotive supercomputing platform. 30 research partners from industry and universities are working in the project, which is being supported by the German federal government's large scale funding initiative for digitalization of auto-mobility.

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Simulating Self-driving Security

article imageSelf-driving technology can save lives, but adding autonomous vehicles multiplies the number of cyberattack targets on the road - endangering not only those in the affected vehicle, but those in nearby vehicles and buildings. Road testing to improve security is expensive and time-consuming, but Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) researchers developed a virtual option: a vast digital library of real-world driving scenarios to help manufacturers craft more secure autonomous vehicles.

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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!

High Speed Cameras Workshop
07.03.2023 in Alzenau
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weber - High Speed Vision GmbH EUR 980
NVH - Background, Practice and Simulation Methodology
20.03.2023 - 21.03.2023 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Jennewein - Darmstadt UAS, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Zopp - RheinMain UAS EUR 1650
Static Vehicle Safety Tests in Automotive Development
24.03.2023 in Alzenau
Matthias Kunkel - ACTS GmbH & Co. KG EUR 980
Pedestrian Protection Workshop Vehicle Mark-Up
27.03.2023 in Bergisch Gladbach
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH EUR 1150
Development of Frontal Restraint Systems - Advanced
28.03.2023 - 29.03.2023 Online
Kai Golowko - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 980
Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies
28.03.2023 - 29.03.2023 in Gaimersheim
Stephanie Wolter - BMW Group, Norman Meißner - BMW Group EUR 1650
Pedestrian Protection Workshop Testing
28.03.2023 - 29.03.2023 in Bergisch Gladbach
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH EUR 1960
Robust Design - Vehicle Development under Uncertainty
30.03.2023 - 31.03.2023 in Alzenau
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Fabian Duddeck - Technical University Munich EUR 1650
Pedestrian Protection Workshop aPLI
30.03.2023 - 31.03.2023 in Bergisch Gladbach
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH EUR 1960
Scenario-, Simulation- and Data-based Development, Validation and Safeguarding of Automated Driving Functions
11.04.2023 - 14.04.2023 Online
Dr. Andreas Kuhn - Andata Entwicklungstechnologie GmbH EUR 1340
International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments
17.04.2023 - 18.04.2023 in Alzenau
Dr. Thomas Kinsky - Humanetics Europe GmbH EUR 1340
Introduction to Active Safety of Vehicles
19.04.2023 - 20.04.2023 Online
Dr.-Ing. Gerd Müller - Technical Universtiy Berlin EUR 790
Crash Safety of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
19.04.2023 - 20.04.2023 in Alzenau
Rainer Justen - Mercedes-Benz AG EUR 1340
China New Car Assessment Programs - Introduction and UpDate of C-NCAP and C-ICAP
20.04.2023 - 21.04.2023 in Hanau
Industry Experts EUR 790
Whiplash Testing and Evaluation in Rear Impacts
21.04.2023 in Alzenau
Thomas Frank - LEAR Corporation GmbH EUR 790
automotive CAE Grand Challenge 2023
25.04.2023 - 26.04.2023 in Hanau
Industry Experts EUR 990
Vehicle Safety under Self-Certification
25.04.2023 - 28.04.2023 in Online,
John F. Creamer - GlobalAutoRegs.com EUR 1340
Pedestrian Protection - Test Procedures
25.04.2023 - 27.04.2023 in Bergisch Gladbach
BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH EUR 2520
EV Battery Electrical & Thermal Simulations
27.04.2023 in Alzenau
Dr. Bartosz Gorecki - QuickerSim Ltd. EUR 790

Please find the full list of seminars at our website.

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