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Thatcham gives safety ranking
- 06/07/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New car sales figures released today reveal that the majority of the most popular cars in Britain now offer five-star crash protection, but standard fitment of Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is still only available on half of them. Analysis by independent safety experts, Thatcham Research, confirms that five of [...] -
Euro NCAP tests AEB
- 10/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
European safety organisation Euro NCAP is introducing a new test that will check how well vehicles autonomously detect and prevent collisions with pedestrians. With new vehicles offering more autonomous driver assist systems, Euro NCAP’s Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) Pedestrian tests will make it simpler for [...] -
Thatcham urges EU to match US
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thatcham Research is calling on 10 vehicle manufacturers in Europe to match their USA commitment to fit autonomous emergency braking (AEB) as standard on all new cars. Ten major vehicle manufacturers in the States — Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — [...] -
Study confirms AEB effectiveness
- 13/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The publication reported: - that Low Speed AEB technology leads to a 38% reduction in real-world rear-end crashes; - that there is no significant difference between urban and rural crash benefits; - that Meta-analysis is an effective method for combining data from various countries. The publication concluded [...]