The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently provided an update on the progress made by major automakers with regard to installation of automatic emergency braking systems in new vehicles. General Motors was ranked among those manufacturers with the lowest overall percentage of models equipped with automatic emergency braking, with just 47 percent of GM vehicles reported in 2020 offering the feature.
General Motors is ranked between Maserati and Mitsubishi in the new NHTSA list, with 48 percent of Maserati vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking, and 39 percent of Mitsubishi vehicles equipped with the feature.
Meanwhile, 100 percent of Tesla and Volvo models reported in 2020 offer the feature, while 99 percent of BMW, Audi, and Subaru vehicles offer the feature.
Courtesy of NHTSA
“Automatic emergency braking can help prevent or reduce the severity of crashes, which also reduces the risk of injury,” said NHTSA Deputy Administrator, James Owens. “We applaud manufacturers for moving swiftly to include lifesaving technologies in new vehicles. Â Through this voluntary approach, we are seeing significantly faster deployment of automatic emergency braking than we would have through regulation, and that means lives are being saved and injuries are being avoided today.”
The NHTSA has been working with automakers in a voluntary effort to equip more new vehicles with automatic emergency braking systems, with the goal being all new passenger vehicles equipped with the feature by August 31st, 2020. According to the latest data, the NHTSA estimates that the voluntary agreement could make automatic emergency braking standard on new cars three years quicker than through comparable regulatory processes.
Automatic emergency braking is a class of active safety technology that will automatically apply a vehicle’s brakes independently of the driver. The system is intended to reduce the severity of a crash, or avoid a collision altogether, and includes both forward automatic braking, and rear automatic braking, incorporating visual cameras and radar systems in order operate properly.
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Source: NHTSA
Comments
So what about the percentage of total vehicles?!?! Let’s ask a follow up question and finish this story; What is the total volume of vehicles being delivered to customers with these features by manufacturer? For the 2021 model year Chevy’s, active safety is standard on entry-level Equinox, Trailblazer, Tahoe, and Suburban, and is an available option on most of the rest of the models. Let’s also break that down by price, say MSRP under $25,000? $30,000? $40,000? I’m sure that chart might read a bit differently. I’ve seen past data showing measurable decreases in different types of accidents (rear-end, sideswipe), and there has to be a big cost savings on the other end of this somewhere.
Our 3yo Nissan Leaf has the auto braking and collision warnings. It has saved us several times from accidents. We just finished a 4400 mile trip to Texas Hill Country and it performed great. Most of the driving was done using the Nissan Propilot. A very safe system. The Leaf also has the NMC532 million mile batteries. We are still easily getting 115 to 125% of the EPA range after 32k miles.
Hopefully all cars will have these life saving features in the future.
I Have the auto brake. The only time it has worked is when it got a false signal from a shadow twice.
I must be doing something wrong like being engaged when I drive?
I paid over a thousand dollars extra for it on my 2019 Impala. It doesn’t work although the dealer says it checks out just fine. The package also included active cruise control, which does work.
Another example of GM playing catch-up again. It’s all about greedy GM not wanting to spend money to develop and compete. Reminds me of insurance companies always willing to accept premiums but reluctant to pay claims.
0-0-0 sure is looking great! Before too long, it will be 0 Buyers, 0 Dealers, 0 Profits!