More than doubles the number of AEB-equipped Nissan vehicles versus 2017 model year. Nissan announced that it is making Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) standard on a projected one million vehicles sold in the United States for model year 2018, including seven of the company’s most popular models – Rogue/Rogue Sport, Altima, Murano, LEAF, Pathfinder, Maxima […]
Lexus and Toyota Will Have Automated Braking on Nearly Every Model by End of 2017
Toyota announced that automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology will be available as standard equipment across almost every Toyota and Lexus model in the U.S. by the end of 2017. Doing so will beat, by four years, the 2022 target announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) […]
NHTSA and IIHS Announce Commitment of 20 Vehicle Manufacturers to Make Automatic Emergency Braking Standard by 2022
Vehicle manufacturers represent 99 percent of the U.S. automobile market. Research indicates effort could reduce police-reported crashes 13 percent overall. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced today a historic commitment by 20 automakers representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. […]
IIHS Reports Automatic Braking Reduces Rear-End Crashes 40%
According to the latest edition of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Status Report, if all vehicles had been equipped with autobrake, there would have been at least 700,000 fewer police-reported rear-end crashes in 2013. That number represents an overall reduction of 13 percent in police-reported crashes. IIHS conducted its first study of the feature’s […]
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