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Honda unveils next-generation technologies for Honda Sensing 360 and Honda Sensing Elite safety and driver assistive systems

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The improved Honda Sensing 360 system will begin rolling out in the second half of the decade and will be standard on all new Honda and Acura models in the US by 2030. The Acura version of Honda Sensing 360 will bear the AcuraWatch name. Specific launch plans for the next generation of Honda Sensing Elite have not yet been announced.

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Structural upgrade earns 2015 VW Jetta IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award; improved small overlap protection

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The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest award, Top Safety Pick+ , after a structural upgrade to improve small overlap protection and the addition of an optional front crash prevention system. An optional forward collision warning system earns the car a basic rating for front crash prevention.

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2015 VW Jetta TDI: a more refined, powerful and efficient diesel within a nicely redesigned model line

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2015 Jetta TDI. For 2015, Volkswagen has refined the entire sixth-generation Jetta lineup, endowing the compact with a crisper exterior design which also improves aerodynamics; an updated interior; a number of newly available driver assistance systems; and, significantly for the diesel model, the new 2.0T Click to enlarge.

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2015 VW Jetta to debut at New York Show; new EA288 diesel version already LEV3/Tier 3 compliant

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2015 Jetta. Volkswagen is presenting the world premiere of the redesigned 2015 Jetta sedan at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. liter 150-horsepower (112 kW) EA288 TDI Clean Diesel engine offered in the 2015 Jetta already conforms to the upcoming LEV3/Tier 3 emissions standard ( earlier post ) in the USA.

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Mayor of London floats action plan to reduce city’s air pollution

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The charge would apply to all vehicles with pre-Euro 4 emission standards (broadly speaking those registered before 2005) and will cost an extra £10 per day on top of the existing Congestion Charge. These figures were set by the previous Mayor in 2015.The Introducing the central London Ultra-Low Emission Zone one year earlier in 2019.

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Honda to showcase new connected car and automated driving technologies at 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit; driver-to-driver “virtual tow”

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Honda also will highlight other latest advancements in “V2X” technologies, including vehicle-to-pedestrian/bicycle (V2P/B) and vehicle-to-motorcycle (V2M). Vehicle-to-Motorcycle: using communications between the vehicle and motorcycle Honda V2M technology will alert the driver and rider of a potential collision.

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Study: Collision Avoidance Technology Continues to Struggle

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New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is claiming that forward-collision warning and automatic emergency braking are less successful at identifying trucks and motorcycles. However, motorcycles only benefited 41 percent of the time and trucks 38 percent. The effect on fatalities could be substantial too.