International technology company Continental is partnering with the US Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT)'s Smart City Challenge. Continental has initially pledged at least $1m to the winning city to provide improved safety and ...
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Toyota Motor has added three new models representing children aged ten, six, and three to Version 4 of its Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) virtual crash dummy software. THUMS allows injuries sustained by human bodies during vehicle ...
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Nissan Motor's Joint Research Center for Intelligent Mobility and Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) announced a collaboration in Beijing. The collaboration will work on research and development of electric vehicle ...
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At Auto China 2016 Nissan unveiled the all-new Tiida and announced the launch of Maxima, strengthening its product offering for young consumers in China. Additionally, the Nissan IDS Concept premiered, bringing the company's vision for ...
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General Motors (GM) has announced a recall of more than one million pickup trucks due to a seat belt flaw. The company said the recall of the 2014-15 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups is not linked to any crashes, injuries ...
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With increase in distracted driving, which is contributing to increase in motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is supporting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's ...
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For drivers, there are few things more annoying than being blinded by oncoming traffic. But that could be all be in the past thanks to a new technology developed by Ford that aims to snuff out rogue headlights. Ford has lifted the ...
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Automobile majors have reached an agreement to include automatic emergency braking in almost all the vehicles in the US by September 2022. The agreement by 20 auto majors has been announced by the US Department of Transportation's ...
Toyota announced that it has hired Jaybridge Robotics engineering team in order to strengthen its autonomous vehicle development effort. The 16 member Jaybridge engineering team will join Toyota Research Institute's (TRI) facility in ...
Crown, a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, has published its third Sustainability Report. Titled 'Perpetual Progress,' the 2015 report documents Crown's continued advancement in the economic, environmental and social ...
Good news regarding farm accidents: In 2015, the U.S. saw fewer grain bin entrapments and incidents than it has seen in a decade. In 2014, a whopping 71 confined-space incidents were confirmed, but in 2015 only 47 were reported. ...
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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced its plans to launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology by 2020. The company said that the technology will hit mainstream, mass-markets in the US, Europe, Japan and China at ...
Michigan based automotive equipment maker ZF TRW has introduced a new air bag designed to provide side impact protection to the occupants in the front seat. The airbag is placed in the inner side of the seat back and in case of an ...
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Ford is developing advanced lighting technology that enables drivers to more easily see potential hazards when driving at night Camera-Based Advanced Front Lighting System widens beam at junctions and roundabouts after interpreting ...
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Auto tech maker Continental along with network giants Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer ESK, and Nokia Networks showcased real-time communication between vehicles via the LTE cell network in Germany. The demonstration was aimed at ...
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