ANCAP's Commercial Van Safety Comparison assesses the performance of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) fitted to commercial vans to help buyers of these business and fleet vehicles understand how well-equipped each van is to avoid a crash. Debuting with a PLATINUM grading, the LDV Deliver 7 enters the Commercial Van Safety Comparison with an overall performance score of 86 %.
Image: ANCAP read more ... Christoph Lauterwasser was elected as the new Secretary General by the members of the international research organisation RCAR (formerly the Research Council for Automobile Repairs) in summer 2024. He succeeded Robert McDonald from Sydney, Australia, in January 2025.
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Endevco®, now manufactured by PCB Piezotronics, delivers industry-leading sensors for vehicle safety design & testing. Trusted for decades, its precision solutions continue to shape vehicle safety worldwide. Visit Endevco's booth during the Automotive Testing Expo in Stuttgart from 20-22 May 2025, hall 10, booth 1475 - Endevco is looking forward to your visit!
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read more ... The C-EVFI is a challenging assessment for electric vehicles that focuses on the protection of vehicle occupants in the event of battery thermal runaway. It addresses this by evaluating safety warnings, emergency rescue, fire protection and data monitoring. At SafetyWeek, Dr. Chen Bin of CMVR - China Merchants Testing Vehicle Technology Research Institute, the organization that launched the C-EVFI, will provide an in-depth look at the current assessment program and upcoming enhancements to the index. The workshop will be held on the first afternoon of SafetyWeek (May 13) and is open to all SafetyWeek attendees with a ticket for that day.
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read more ... Volkswagen Group is working with Valeo and Mobileye to upgrade the advanced driver assistance systems up to Level 2+ ('enhanced partially automated driving') in its upcoming vehicle portfolio based on the MQB platform. Launching in the next few years, this cooperation will improve safety and driving comfort in high-volume vehicles, addressing both customer expectations and regulatory requirements.
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read more ... David Ward, President Emeritus at Global NCAP wrote a statement about pedestrian safety in the USA under the Trump Administration.
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read more ... Texas Instruments introduced a new portfolio of automotive lidar, clock and radar chips to help automakers transform vehicle safety by bringing more autonomous features to a wider range of cars. TI's new LMH13000, the industry's first integrated high-speed lidar laser driver, delivers ultra-fast rise time to improve real-time decision-making.
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read more ... Mcity at the University of Michigan is tapping into the high fidelity of NVIDIA Omniverse to enhance the recently-released digital twin of its Mcity Test Facility for autonomous vehicles and technologies to close the divide between simulated and real-world testing conditions, also known as the "sim-to-real gap."
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read more ... Four models from three different brands earn 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK or TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards in the latest batch of vehicle ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Audi Q6 e-tron, Buick Enclave and Nissan Armada qualify for the higher-tier TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, while the GMC Acadia earns the lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK.
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read more ... Discover how coupling Ansys structural simulation software with the Ansys Digital Twin platform is helping manufacturers solve extremely large, complex safety challenges faster.
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read more ... AVL and Microsoft have been working together for almost two years on the transformation of vehicle development. The partners are relying on cloud-based software solutions and the integration of AI-based agents. The results support the efforts to get vehicles ready for series production without hardware prototypes within just 24 months. End-to-end tool chains for the synchronization of system- and software-oriented development processes play a key role here.
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read more ... Technology to prevent thermal runaway in electric vehicles is being advanced. Hyundai Mobis announced that it had succeeded in developing a new technology that can extinguish a fire immediately by spraying a fire extinguishing agent when a battery cell catches fire. This is the first technology that can prevent thermal runaway by preventing heat from being transferred to adjacent cells.
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read more ... The focus of the meeting organised by the AWARE Centre was the exchange with Professor Anderson Ribeiro Correia, President of the IPT. Discussions centred on the establishment of a new institute for automotive research with a focus on vehicle dynamics, vehicle safety and automated driving. The CARISSMA of the THI, the nationwide control centre for vehicle safety, is regarded as a pioneering model. Other areas of cooperation were also discussed.
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