Automakers have spent decades at work to improve passive safety, that is, functions to ensure occupants remain safe in the event of a crash. However, a new external airbag concept promises to further increases occupant safety by as much as 40 percent.
German automotive supplier ZF showed off its concept exterior airbag system at the Airbag 2018 Symposium in Germany last week. In the event of a side impact, an exterior airbag deploys to provide extra cushion for the driver and passenger side of the car. When tested, the extra crumple zone helped reduce injury severity by 40 percent, ZF said.
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