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Euro NCAP approves AB Dynamics ADAS solution
- 16/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Euro NCAP has approved an ADAS solution from AB Dynamics for use in official testing. The LaunchPad Spin provides target and propulsion solutions for car, motorcycle and pedestrian test scenarios and its flexibility and manoeuvrability means it is able to duplicate increasingly complex, dynamic and realistic [...] -
VW ID.7 wins What Car? Safety Award
- 22/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen’s ID.7 has been named winner of the 2024 What Car? Safety Award. It topped a five-car shortlist based on its five-star Euro NCAP test scores. Judges assesses models on criteria such as active and passive safety technology innovation, vulnerable road user protection and the on-road driving [...] -
Thatcham Research reveals What Car? Safety Award shortlist
- 15/01/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The shortlist for the What Car? Safety Award 2024 has been announced. The five cars that have made the list were selected based on their Euro NCAP test scores as well safety systems such as active and passive safety technology. Thatcham Research principal engineer and judge Alex Thompson said: “In 2023 we had [...] -
Drivers in the dark about safety ratings
- 13/07/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Almost half of new car buyers (49.5%) do not know what the Euro NCAP safety rating of their current car is, while more than 10% are not aware of what a Euro NCAP safety rating is at all. This is according to the latest industry research What Car?. Its research of in-market buyers also found 43.5% would not [...] -
Euro NCAP releases latest ADAS ratings
- 08/06/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The latest set of Assisted Driving gradings have been released by Euro NCAP, based on assessments of three new vehicles, the Alfa Romeo Tonale, Nissan Ariya, and Renault Astral. Thatcham Research, the automotive risk intelligence company and Euro NCAP partner, played a prominent role in the design of the [...] -
Euro NCAP releases updated safety ratings
- 01/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Euro NCAP has released updated ratings for 18 commercial vans. The ratings are based on tougher tests of ‘active’ crash avoidance systems with ratings ranging from ‘Gold’ to ‘Not Recommended’. The tests were carried out in partnership with Thatcham Research, the UK’s only Euro NCAP accredited [...] -
Euro NCAP publishes 2022 review in numbers
- 25/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Euro NCAP has released its annual Year in Numbers, which found that full electric vehicles made up 22 out of 65 new models tested, while six of the seven new brands tested were from China. Its review revealed that Euro NCAP conducted more safety tests in 2022 than ever before, with a record number of newcomers to [...] -
Thatcham Research praises soaring safety standards
- 05/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Thatcham Research has praised vehicle manufacturers after reporting that safety scores during last year’s Euro NCAP tests were the highest ever recorded. It has revealed that all the cars tested during the past 12 months scored at least a four-star rating for the first time in the programme’s history, while 80% [...] -
AB Dynamics launches new ADAS test solution
- 16/09/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
AB Dynamics and sister company Dynamic Research have launched a new next-generation two-wheeler to support the testing of new active safety systems. Motorcyclists make up 23% of all road traffic deaths but the safe deployments of new technologies such as ADAS can help protect vulnerable road users, including [...] -
Multivan receives five-star rating
- 01/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Euro NCAP has awarded a five-star rating to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle’s new Multivan. In the third round of testing this year, the van scored very well in crash safety and assistance systems, with an outstanding overall mark for impact protection. The new Multivan is equipped as standard with a driver [...]