EuroHSE Partners with AlertDriving to Bridge the Gap Between Driver Behavior and Risk Reporting
Dec 16, 2015
AlertDriving, the global leader in driver risk management, today announced a strategic partnership that will target accident causes in more fleets across Asiaeven small fleetsall with the worlds most advanced, end-to-end risk management platform. ... Continue reading
Tesla Autopilot Compelling for First-Time Users
Dec 15, 2015
BOSTON, Dec. 15, 2015 -- A recent user evaluation from the In-Vehicle UX (IVX) group at Strategy Analytics (www.strategyanalytics.com) assessing the Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system in the Tesla Model S has found that overall, first-time users found Autopilot impressive despite several usability bugs. Users pra ... Continue reading
Number of Holiday Travelers Expected to Top 100 Million for the First Time
Dec 15, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 15, 2015: AAA projects the number of year-end holiday travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record. Nearly one in three Americans will take a trip this holiday season, with 100.5 million expected to journey 50 miles or more from home. This represents a 1.4 percent increase over last y ... Continue reading
American Red Cross Provides Student Holiday Travel Tips
Dec 14, 2015
University and college students are finishing finals and heading home for the holidays. Most of them want to get home to loved ones as quickly as possible, but the American Red Cross urges students to exercise caution while traveling in holiday traffic. With winter approaching, it is important to put safety first and c ... Continue reading
Toyota Tops the IIHS 2016 "Top Safety Pick" Awards
Dec 14, 2015
Nine Toyota, Lexus and Scion Models Earn Instituteâs Highest Recognition for Crashworthiness and Front Crash Prevention TORRANCE, CA -- December 11, 2015: Toyota once again led the industry on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safetyâs (IIHS) annual list of safety awards. Nine Toyota, Lexus and Scion models ... Continue reading
Stronger Economy Can Be Bad News for Highway Safety
Dec 14, 2015
An analysis of federal crash statistics by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows how economic recessions and subsequent recoveries affect crash deaths. Recent headlines imply that the years of declining traffic fatalities may be over for now. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated t ... Continue reading
Drivers Prepare for Snowpocalypse 2016
Dec 14, 2015
As Americans brace themselves for what is expected to be the strongest winter in nearly 20 years, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, it's time to get your car, and particularly your tires, ready for an epic El Nino. In light of the upcoming season, combined with last winter's heavy snowfall, H ... Continue reading
Dec 13, 2015
Nutson's Weekly Auto News Digest - December 7-13 2015; UAW-VW, EV'S: Ford To Invest $4.5B, Faraday $1.5B, Gov't OK's Kit Cars ... Continue reading
Another Wrinkle On Autonomous Driving - Additional Commentary
Dec 13, 2015
AUTO CENTRAL - A couple of weeks ago, we published an editorial regarding the future of autonomous driving, and how the event might wind up killing the public's love affair with the automobile (read that editorial HERE). Today, Larry Nutson, our Chicago Bureau Chief, calls our attention to a recent story published in t ... Continue reading
Hyundai Genesis And Tucson Earn IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ Awards
Dec 11, 2015
With added strenuous criteria in one of the industry's already rigorous testing of vehicle safety, the 2016 Hyundai Genesis and 2016 Tucson earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) 2016 TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards. The IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ award helps consumers pick vehicles that offer the highest level ... Continue reading
Travel Advice on Road Trips with Your Four-Legged Friend +VIDEO
Dec 11, 2015
AAA Travel Advice on Road Trips with Your Four-Legged Friend AAA East Central is offering safety tips so you and your pet can eat, bark and be merry Many American travelers wonââ¬â¢t leave home this holiday without their best friend, the four-legged variety. An estimated 46 million households own dogs and tr ... Continue reading
2016 Audi A3, A6 and Q5 Receive Top Safety Pick+ Award from IIHS
Dec 10, 2015
The Audi A3 sedan, Audi A6 sedan and Audi Q5 crossover earned the Top Safety Pick+ rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), an independent organization that is one of the most important arbiters of automotive safety in the U.S. market. The 2016 Audi models received the highest possible ratings of ... Continue reading
Subaru Earns Six 2016 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK + Awards
Dec 10, 2015
The 2016 Legacy, Outback, Forester, Impreza, WRX and Crosstrek earned the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ CHERRY HILL, NJ -- Dec. 10, 2015: Subaru of America, Inc. announced today that all 2016 Subaru models, equipped with the optional EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology, met tougher criteria to earn the 2016 TOP SAFETY PICK awa ... Continue reading
Subaru Outback Awarded Maximum Possible Safety Rating
Dec 10, 2015
Highest possible safety rating awarded to Subaru Outback with EyeSight collision avoidance technology by USAâs IIHS EyeSight acts as a âsecond pair of eyesâ for drivers, with advanced stereo colour camera technology UK Subaru Outback with Lineartronic fitted with EyeSight system as standard COLESHILL, UK ... Continue reading
Top Score in the Euro NCAP rating: Five Stars for the Mercedes-Benz GLC
Dec 10, 2015
The Mercedes-Benz GLC achieves the top score in the Euro NCAP rating. The new mid-size SUV has received five stars, continuing the Mercedes-Benz success story in impressive style. In 2014 the GLA, C-Class and V-Class were likewise awarded five stars by Euro NCAP. The GLC has achieved five stars for occupant safety, chi ... Continue reading
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