Euro NCAP has revealed its Best in Class cars - the safest models it tested in 2024. In 2024, five cars from China, Germany, and Japan set the standard for vehicle safety. Best in Class winners included the Skoda Superb and Volkswagen Passat (winning jointly), the MAZDA CX-80, and the ZEEKR X. The most outstanding performance was set by the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, which topped the overall safety score of cars tested last year.
Image: Euro NCAP read more ... Mercedes-Benz has updated its conditionally automated driving system DRIVE PILOT and has now received the approval by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority. With this milestone all is set for the upcoming sales release in early 2025 in Germany. This update makes DRIVE PILOT the fastest certified system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) in a standard production vehicle.
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read more ... AB Dynamics has introduced comprehensive automation capabilities that enable OEMs and test houses to significantly reduce the time and complexity of testing the latest ADAS protocols from Euro NCAP and NHTSA. The latest update to AB Dynamics' Track Applications Suite expands its 'Special Groups' library to include comprehensive automation for Euro NCAP's new Heavy Vehicle ADAS test scenarios and NHTSA's FMVSS 127 standard.
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read more ... The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a rule requiring seat belt use warnings for rear seats and enhanced warnings for driver and front passenger seats, a significant action aimed at increasing seat belt use and preventing injury and death in a crash.
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read more ... Nineteen vehicles from 11 brands earn TOP SAFETY PICK or TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the final group of ratings for the year. The 10 winners of the higher-tier TOP SAFETY PICK+ award are the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Infiniti QX60, Mazda CX-70, Mazda CX-70 PHEV, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Rivian R1S, Subaru Forester, Toyota Tundra crew cab and Volvo XC90 Plug-In Hybrid.
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read more ... In November 2024 NHTSA published a long-awaited update to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). It includes many significant changes and additions for Automated Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) & Pedestrian Safety updates and a roadmap outlining future changes in the next 10 years.
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read more ... ASEAN NCAP released its latest assessment result on the NETA V model. The model which is the first electric vehicle (EV) brand tested at the MIROS Provisional CRASE Crash Centre (PC3) in Malaysia made a very disappointing outcome with a Zero-Star result, making it the first model to have a zero star rating under the ASEAN NCAP 2021 2025 protocol.
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read more ... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a new rule formalizing its whistleblower program. This rule fulfills a requirement in the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act, which was included in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and complements NHTSA’s existing whistleblower program.
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read more ... Continental presents a display novelty at the CES in Las Vegas hat recently won a CES Innovation Award Honoree: the Invisible Biometrics Sensing Display tracks the vital parameters of persons inside the vehicle using a camera and a laser projector installed behind the dashboard display to support a wide range of safety and comfort functions.
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read more ... Applus+ IDIADA has contributed to defining the framework guidelines that will govern the testing of autonomous driving prototypes on public roads across Europe. As part of the working group set up by the European Commission, Carlos Luján, Head of Homologations of Connected & Automated Vehicles, has collaborated closely with national authorities and European bodies to establish a set of overarching principles, focusing on the fundamental priority of safety.
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read more ... With the release 14.0 of the CarMaker family, IPG Automotive presents the latest version of the simulation software used around the world. The new features are centered around versatile sensor models, even more realistic simulation environments and new applications for heavy-duty vehicles.
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read more ... How can self-driving cars learn to understand themselves and their surroundings at least as well as humans do? This is what medior scientist specialist Chris van der Ploeg is researching at TNO. His research into the use of AI helps make vehicles safer. Chris is the winner of TNO s Young Excellent Researcher award 2024.
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Product Liability in the Automotive Industry 24.02.2025 - 27.02.2025 Online
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Hans-Georg Lohrmann - Quality-Reliability-Safety Consultant |
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Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation 11.03.2025 in Alzenau
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NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings 24.03.2025 - 27.03.2025 Online
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