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Autonomous emergency braking differs from one manufacturer to the other, as Dinside 20 år found out. The Norwegian motoring publication tested the braking performance of no less than 25 vehicles, and when it comes to AEB, the I-Pace is the biggest offender of them all.
Hailed as “the most important SUV of the year” by Doug DeMuro, the electric crossover manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr couldn’t do better than avoiding a collision with the help of AEB at 15 km/h (9 mph). Curiously enough, the E-Pace’s system did it even at 70 km/h (43.5 mph).
Jaguar engineers were present for the group test, and following the woeful result of the first run, they convinced Dinside 20 år to try again. Later in the day, the second run yielded a similarly disappointing outcome.
The engineers then explained to the Norwegian motoring publication that “power is cut to some systems” when opening the driver’s door, erasing “some data” from the car’s electronic brain. But wait, there’s more! “The vehicle uses the first ten minutes of driving to learn the traffic conditions and in what scenarios the emergency braking system should activate.”
If that jibber-jabber makes any sense to you, we’re inclined to think that Jaguar has experimented with the programming and sensors of the AEB in the I-Pace without giving thought to this particular scenario, which happens to be similar to the testing procedure of the Euro NCAP. The engineers might have made a hodgepodge of the system in the I-Pace, but the question is, why couldn’t Jaguar use the one in the E-Pace?
On that note, care to guess which of those 25 vehicles in the group ranked highest? That would be the Hyundai Santa Fe at 85 km/h (53 mph), followed by the Hyundai Nexo at 80 km/h (50 mph). Next on the list, the Honda CR-V tied the Volvo V60 (75 km/h or 47 mph).
While on the subject of I-Pace, one such vehicle had a “thermal incident” while parked last week in the Netherlands. Jaguar is collaborating with the owner and authorities at the present moment, trying to figure out what exactly led to this case of spontaneous combustion.
Jaguar engineers were present for the group test, and following the woeful result of the first run, they convinced Dinside 20 år to try again. Later in the day, the second run yielded a similarly disappointing outcome.
The engineers then explained to the Norwegian motoring publication that “power is cut to some systems” when opening the driver’s door, erasing “some data” from the car’s electronic brain. But wait, there’s more! “The vehicle uses the first ten minutes of driving to learn the traffic conditions and in what scenarios the emergency braking system should activate.”
If that jibber-jabber makes any sense to you, we’re inclined to think that Jaguar has experimented with the programming and sensors of the AEB in the I-Pace without giving thought to this particular scenario, which happens to be similar to the testing procedure of the Euro NCAP. The engineers might have made a hodgepodge of the system in the I-Pace, but the question is, why couldn’t Jaguar use the one in the E-Pace?
On that note, care to guess which of those 25 vehicles in the group ranked highest? That would be the Hyundai Santa Fe at 85 km/h (53 mph), followed by the Hyundai Nexo at 80 km/h (50 mph). Next on the list, the Honda CR-V tied the Volvo V60 (75 km/h or 47 mph).
While on the subject of I-Pace, one such vehicle had a “thermal incident” while parked last week in the Netherlands. Jaguar is collaborating with the owner and authorities at the present moment, trying to figure out what exactly led to this case of spontaneous combustion.
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