The 2019 to 2022 Honda Passport and Insight Are Under Investigation for Phantom Braking
11 Mar 2024, 17:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If the ODI's preliminary evaluation turns into a safety recall, Honda will be required to fix a little over 250,000 units of the Passport and Insight
Tesla Quietly Updates Automatic Emergency Braking System To Also Work in Reverse
28 Apr 2023, 16:34 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla updated the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in software version 2023.12 to work in reverse and at higher speeds, as shown in its owner's manual
Tesla Model 3 Crashes Inside Parking Garage, Generates Dramatic Appeal Against EV Maker
31 Dec 2022, 19:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The woman who reported that on Twitter urged her followers never to get in a Tesla for as long as they live after it accelerated on its own.
Stellantis, Nissan, Mitsubishi Now Equip Most of Their U.S. Vehicles With AEB
9 Dec 2022, 11:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / No fewer than 15 out of 20 automakers now offer automatic emergency braking as standard on at least 95 percent of the vehicles they sell in the U.S. of A.
Automatic Emergency Braking Cuts Rear-End Crash Rates for Pickups, but Few Have the System
15 Nov 2022, 09:51 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A new IIHS study shows that Automatic Emergency Braking can significantly reduce rear-end crash rates for pickups, but few of them are equipped with the system
Automatic Emergency Systems Are a Mess, AAA Study Finds, They Fail Almost Every Time
30 Sep 2022, 15:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / If you thought you’d be safer because your vehicle has an Automatic Emergency Braking system, you’d be wrong, as a recent AAA study finds
Only Some Pedestrian Autobrake Systems Work Very Well at Night, the IIHS Finds
30 Aug 2022, 17:58 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / A brand-new IIHS nighttime pedestrian auto brake system test reveals carmakers still have a lot of work to do. Drivers mustn’t always count on technology
Tests Show That AEB Systems Work, but Do Not Bet on Them After Dusk
4 Feb 2022, 11:14 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Crossing the street is the most dangerous thing a pedestrian can do, and there is data to back that up. As it appears, AEB systems help, but not after dark
Waymo Answers Some Questions About Hitting a Pedestrian in San Francisco
21 Dec 2021, 15:17 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company is investigating why AEB did not seem to work in that situation. However, Waymo has some hunches about why that was the case
Waymo Hits Pedestrian in San Francisco, Explains Car Was in Manual Mode
17 Dec 2021, 13:35 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / That means that a human was driving the vehicle. It also shows how trust is the most essential part of autonomous driving research
AAA Study Shows Why Relying on ADAS Systems Can Be Tricky, Mainly If It Rains
15 Oct 2021, 10:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The association performed tests with multiple safety features and confirmed that bad weather could negatively affect technologies created to prevent crashes
Tesla Model 3 Recovers IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Status After Tests
29 Jun 2021, 17:48 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Consumer Reports also reinstated the electric sedan as a Top Pick when Tesla Vision proved to be equivalent to the radar system.
Not All Pedestrian Crash Prevention Systems Are Created Equal
30 Oct 2019, 13:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The IIHS recently tested some midsize cars from premium and non-premium manufacturers and found that the quality of their pedestrian detecting AEB varies a lot
Autonomous Braking on Vans Could Prevent 2,500 Crashes per Year in The UK
16 Aug 2018, 14:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Thatcham Research Center sees the need for the wide scale implementation of AEB in vans, citing a department of transport report.
Consumer Reports Downgrades Tesla Model S Over Missing Safety Feature
26 Apr 2017, 14:17 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Promises are meant to be broken, and Tesla is in the hot seat once again as Consumer Reports blasts the Model S for not receiving its promised AEB update
AAA Finds That Not All Automatic Braking Systems Work The Same
25 Aug 2016, 09:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the American Automobile Association, not all AEB systems can fully prevent a crash. There's a clear difference between "avoidance" and "mitigation"
Automatic Braking to Be Mandatory on All New U.S. Cars by September 2022
18 Mar 2016, 10:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Cars are getting safer from model year to model year, yet there is room for improvement. That improvement is a mandatory autonomous emergency braking
Shocking: Most Pedestrian Emergency Braking Systems Fail Independent Test
11 May 2015, 15:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Subaru Outback, which has a second-generation EyeSight system, was the only car not to hit the dummy in this test. The C-Class was shockingly bad
E-Class Autonomous Emergency Braking Tested by EuroNCAP
29 Oct 2013, 10:51 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As some of you know, the European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP) will again change its rating scheme, or more like improve it, with the addition of credits for car manufacturers that equip th...
Volvo City Safety Lowers Insurance Rating for all UK-Bound V40s
2 Oct 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is here to stay. More and more manufacturers are and will be adopting it in the coming years, and it will slowly trickle down into even the most basi...