Five years ago, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration brokered a deal with nearly every major automaker in the US.
They all voluntarily agreed to outfit 95% of the cars they sell with automatic emergency braking technology to further reduce avoidable accidents by 2023. In this year’s report, there are now 10 automakers that exceed the voluntary target.
BMW, Hyundai, Mazda, Subaru, Toyota and Volkswagen joined Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Tesla to equip nearly every car they sell with AEB – perhaps the most helpful of today’s driver assist and active safety technology. The latter bunch met the agreement last year, but the insurance industry-funded group praised the latest six automakers for their progress.
Read the article at MSN.