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Posts tagged with 'Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)'

6 Dec, 2012

John Day   Does anyone know why, after decades of decreasing numbers of road traffic accidents in developed countries, accident rates are climbing again in the U.S. and Europe? And what to do about it? In the U.K., there were 2.8 percent more fatal accidents in 2011 than in 2010. In Germany for the same period, accidents increased by 9.9 percent. In the U.S, there were 9.0 percent more fatal accidents … Read More

Euro NCAP, IHS Inc., Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), IMS Research

30 Mar, 2012

Driverless cars?

Posted by John Day

John Day How close are we to the reality of autonomous driving? Is it closer than we might think, still years away and dependent  on the widespread deployment of V2X technology, or both? Tier one supplier Continental completed a two-week, 6,000-mile automated driving endurance test on public roads in Nevada. It credited knowledge gained from the car that won the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 and from HAVEit, … Read More

V2X, MK 100 electronically controlled braking system, Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving, 2013 Cadillac XTS, GM, HAVEit, DARPA Urban Challenge, electric power steering (EPS)