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NewsSeptember 14, 2011

Toyota to Launch 10 New Safety Research Initiatives

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) announced 10 new research initiatives, along with new research agreements with six leading North American universities and institutions, to work on new automotive safety innovations across North America.

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NewsSeptember 13, 2011

Toyota Partners With Wake Forest School of Medicine on Safety Research

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Wake Forest School of Medicine is one of six leading research institutions across the country chosen by Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC) to enhance the development, testing and implementation of new automotive safety innovations.

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NewsJuly 19, 2011

Study Shows Volvo’s Collision Avoidance Technology Prevents Crashes

ARLINGTON, VA - The Highway Loss Data Institute studied a collision avoidance feature on the Volvo XC60, called City Safety, which it found reduced the total number of low-speed crashes drivers experienced.

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NewsJune 22, 2011

NHTSA Conference Highlights Safety Technology, Honors Leaders

WASHINGTON - This year's International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, held June 13-16, featured demonstrations of the latest in-vehicle crash avoidance technologies including vehicle-to-vehicle communications and other advanced systems fitted in both production and prototype vehicles.

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NewsJune 10, 2011

Volvo Developing Technology for Avoiding Collisions With Animals

ROCKLIN, NJ – Volvo is developing a safety system that alerts the driver and automatically brakes (if the driver doesn't react) when animals are on the road in a vehicle’s path.

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NewsMay 25, 2011

Ford Showcases Intelligent Vehicle Technology at Dodger Stadium Event

LOS ANGELES - Ford Motor Co. convened a panel of auto industry, transportation and technology visionaries at Dodger Stadium on May 25 to showcase and discuss how intelligent vehicles could soon lead to safety breakthroughs.

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NewsNovember 3, 2010

A Glimpse at BMW's Future Safety Technology

MUNICH, GERMANY - Though comprehensive automated car control is at least a decade away, BMW engineers are making significant progress in developing safety technology that can take control of a vehicle in the event of a driver's sudden incapacitation, Popular Mechanics reported this month.

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NewsOctober 6, 2010

Advanced Safety Systems Help Reduce Road Deaths

EL SEGUNDO, CA - Statistics show that 2009 was the least deadly year on American roads in nearly 60 years. With the growing use of advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), that momentum should continue into the future.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2010

More Vehicles to Feature Lane Departure Warning

SANTA ANA, CA - Traffic technology leader Iteris Inc. announced that its partner, Valeo, recently won a supply contract to provide Iteris' Lane Departure Warning (LDW) technology to another original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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NewsSeptember 8, 2010

WABCO to Introduce OnGuardPLUS Braking System

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - WABCO Holdings Inc., a major supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, said it will introduce its OnGuardPLUS advanced emergency braking system (AEBS) at this year's IAA Commercial Vehicles event in Hanover, Germany.

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