Autoliv unveiled a patented revolutionary new passenger airbag module that is based on Bernoulli's Principle and can inflate larger airbags more efficiently as well as reduce development time and cost. The Bernoulli Airbag will be commercialized during the third quarter 2023.
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read more ... The North Rhine-Westphalian Competence Network for Automated and Connected Mobility innocam.NRW has recently published a study to assist its network stakeholders in dealing with the new legislation on highly automated driving.
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read more ... Mercedes Benz announced that its class-leading DRIVE PILOT system for SAE Level 3 conditionally automated driving received certification from California state authorities. With this significant milestone Mercedes-Benz is the first car manufacturer with authorization to introduce such a SAE Level 3 system in a standard-production vehicle for use on public freeways in the most populous state in the United States.
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read more ... The China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (CATARC) has published the C-NCAP Management Regulation 2021 Revision in Chinese. The revision of the Management Regulation 2021 has been effective since January 1, 2023.
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read more ... Toyota announced that it will invest nearly 50 million USD to construct a new laboratory facility at its North American R&D headquarters in York Township, Mich. to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in North America. As part of its evaluation process, the new Michigan battery lab will ensure that Toyota's batteries meet North American customer requirements by confirming performance, quality and durability of automotive batteries made by Toyota.
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read more ... CATARC officially released the China Green Car Assessment Programme (C-GCAP), which will evaluate the green performance of automobiles in three aspects: Occupant Health, Energy Efficiency and Low Carbon. Future more version 1.1 of the China Intelligent Connected Car Assessment Programme (C-ICAP) was also published.
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read more ... It may be difficult to envision a world in which we give up control and let our vehicles do the driving. But, in fact, we are getting a glimpse of what that might look like now. Many vehicles on the road today already benefit from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that use sensors such as camera, radar, and lidar technologies to avoid collisions with obstacles, help us stay in our driving lane, parallel park, and more.
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read more ... In order to meet the new mobility challenges facing car manufacturers, automotive suppliers and all those involved in mobility solutions (car, motorbike, droid), UTAC has set up a laboratory, the Cyberlab, offering tests for vehicle approval in line with the UN R155 standard.
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read more ... Digital maps of speed limit information are critical to safety systems such as Intelligent Speed Assistance and for automated vehicles. The information needs to be updated regularly as speed limits change. But EU Member States are attempting to delete proposed requirements to update changes to speed limits from the majority of European roads in upcoming negotiations over the EU Intelligent Transport Systems directive.
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read more ... The mandatory wearing of safety-belts in cars first introduced in Europe at the turn of the 1970s has saved millions of lives around the world in the past 50 years. According to the World Health Organization, the use of safety-belts by occupants of vehicles in front seats reduces the risk of fatal injuries by 45 - 50 % and the risk of death and serious injuries among rear seat occupants by 25 %.
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read more ... When Magna's crash test dummies go on a road trip to local schools in Germany, the first question from children is usually "can they speak?" Some of the dummies are so lifelike that "touching their hand feels like touching a human hand," explains Stephan Baumann, who runs the Magna clinic where dummies go for checkups. That means having their instrumentation tested, certified and once a year recalibrated after undergoing crash tests - usually 30-100 a year depending on the dummy type.
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read more ... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should reconsider its dramatic underestimate of the number of lives that could be saved by requiring side underride guards for large trucks, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said in a recent regulatory comment.
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read more ... IAM RoadSmart has launched the eighth edition of its annual Driving Safety Culture report, with its key objective to reveal the biggest issues impacting motorists on the roads. The annual report, which has studied UK motorists' driving safety attitudes and behaviours since 2015, has highlighted the biggest worries for motorists, with 86 per cent of drivers reporting that the cost of motoring is their main concern. 97 per cent of motorists aged between 50 - 69-year-olds said this was their biggest concern, compared to 65 per cent of 17 - 24-year-olds.
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