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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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Honda introducing new Honda Sensing 360 omni-directional safety and driver-assistive system

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Honda plans to apply the next generation of its advanced suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies—Honda Sensing 360—to all new Honda and Acura models in the US by 2030. The Acura version of Honda Sensing 360 will use the AcuraWatch system name in North America. that will begin in China in 2022.

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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.