Despite voluntary efforts, consumer advocates and security groups say a regulation is still needed to allow automakers to keep their promises and set the bar for system security and performance.
“We’ve seen car companies move faster and equip more of their vehicles with technology, but it’s important for the NHTSA to go ahead and introduce a mandatory rule, achieving mandatory performance standards where applicable,” Wallace said. Across the market. “
Kathy Chase, president of advocates for highway and auto safety, emphasized the word “minimum” and said automakers could exceed standards.
“It’s really a basement that automakers must build, which says, ‘This system will detect, alert and respond if there is an impending collision,'” he said. “Anything other than that for the benefit of consumers.”
As AEB is equipped with more vehicles, technology-related complaints have risen dramatically, says Michael Brooks, acting executive director of the Center for Auto Safety.
The center has tracked three more NHTSA investigations into a 2015 Models directly involved in a fatal highway accident directly involving the unintentional activation of the AEB. S operating in autopilot where AEB system is not activated.
Two recent investigations include an estimated 416,000 2021-22 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y electric car autopilots and 1.7 million 2018-19 Honda Accord and 2017-19 Honda CR-V cars.
The center, too, has been urging Nissan to withdraw the 2017-18 Rogue and Rogue Sport vehicles, part of an ongoing investigation since 2019 that has logged more than 1,400 complaints and field reports of braking problems associated with the AEB system and at least five injuries and 14 crashes.
“It could be software. It could be a sensor. It could be a camera – a lot depends on the system being used, “Brooks said.” But whatever the case may be, there must be some standard to prevent these false activations. “
According to the EV manufacturer, the Tesla Model 3, Model S, Model X and Model Y cars made for the North American market are no longer equipped with radar and, instead, rely on the camera for AEB and other active security features.
Honda spokesman Chris Martin said in an email that the Honda models included in the NHTSA security investigation were “equipped with a version of Honda’s collision mitigation system that features both camera and radar.” Honda has not yet used the leader in any of the cars sold in the United States, he noted.
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