Big automakers are hurrying to launch self-driving vehicles as soon as 2021, however the industry’s significant players are moving gradually when it concerns extensive implementation of a more economical crash avoidance technology that regulators say could avoid thousands deaths and injuries each year.
Nissan Motor stated it would make automatic braking systems standard on an approximated 1 million 2018 model cars and light trucks offered in the United States, including high-volume designs such as the Rogue and Rogue Sport compact sport utility vehicles, the Altima sedan, Murano and Pathfinder SUVs, LEAF electric vehicle, Maxima sedan and Sentra small car.
Nissan sales were 1.6 million vehicles in the United States in
2016.
Competitor Toyota Motor has stated it will make so-called automatic emergency braking standard on almost all its U.S. models by the end of this year.
In general, most automakers are not hurrying to make automatic brake systems part of the base cost of traditional automobiles sold in the competitive U.S. market. The market has come under pressure from regulators, lawmakers and safety supporters to embrace the innovation, which can slow or stop an automobile even if the motorist fails to act.
Up until now, just about 17 percent of models tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety provided basic collision-avoiding braking, as per the information given by the car safety research study group backed insurance market. A number of the models with basic collision-avoiding brake systems are luxury automobiles developed by European or Japanese producers.
The systems need more sensors and software than standard brakes, and car manufacturers said they require time to craft the systems into vehicles as part of more extensive makeovers.
In 2016, 20 car manufacturers reached a voluntary agreement with U.S. car security regulators to develop collision-avoiding braking systems standard equipment by 2022.
