Michigan International Speedway to Serve as Test Site for Anti-crash Vehicle Technology
8 Jul 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Michigan International Speedway was selected by the federal government as one of the six sites where citizen drivers will evaluate technologies that enable vehicles to avoid collisions.The MIS &ldqu...
New Volvo Technology to Help Avoid Collision With Wild Animals
10 Jun 2011, 12:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Swedish automaker, known for manufacturing some of the safest cars out there, is currently working on a new technology that is meant to help reduce the risk of collisions with wild animals. The ...
2011 Infiniti M Comes with Three NCAP Technologies
3 Sep 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), the all-new 2011 Infiniti M is among the first production vehicles to be offered with all three crash avoidance technologies recommended b...
Ford Wireless Crash Avoidance System in the Works
3 Aug 2010, 07:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced today it is trying to develop a new crash avoidance system, one which would rely heavily on the cars' abilities to communicate to one another. Dubbed Automa...
Volvo S60 Gets Plus X Award
28 May 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the latest model coming from Swedish carmaker managed to embarrass itself by failing to stop in due time during a crash-avoidance system test, the same vehicle received the Plus X Award in the...
‘New Eyesight’ Driving Assist System from Subaru
11 May 2010, 10:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese carmaker Subaru has developed a new safety device that will reportedly help increase road safety and help drivers avoid collisions. Dubbed ‘New EyeSight’, the driving assist sys...
Volvo Studies EV and Hybrid Battery Safety
12 Nov 2009, 12:01 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Everybody knows that Volvo has a “safety-first” policy when it comes to its vehicles. Next year, the Swedish will introduce the world’s first urban pedestrian collision avoidance s...
Ford Crash Tests with Balloons
9 Feb 2009, 13:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford is testing an array of new “active” crash-avoidance and driver-aid technologies it will introduce in 2009 by driving prototypes into large, car-shaped balloons to help customers avo...