Industry Insight with John Yoswick
—John Yoswick is a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon who has been writing about the automotive industry since 1988. He is the editor of the weekly CRASH Network (for a free 4-week trial subscription, visit www.CrashNetwork.com). Contact him by email at jyoswick@SpiritOne.com.
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Matt Moore of the insurer-funded Moore said he suspects even more Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) drivers would turn that system off if offered some insights into the im- doing so was easier. But the AEB rewith Ed Attanasio pact auto-emergency braking (AEB) mained active on almost 92% of the could have on the frequency and vehicles equipped with that system. severity of front-end crashes in the “Folks like it. They leave it on,” coming years, during his presentation Moore said. at the recent Women’s Industry Net- While automakers have volwork (WIN) virtual conference. untarily agreed to equip all new HLDI’s rating system for AEB with Ed Attanasio vehicles with AEB by September systems involves two crash tests of 2022―and many automakers conducted at 25 mph and 12 mph. are ahead of schedule toward that Those speeds may sound slow, he goal―it still will take a long time said, but “the more speed you can for a majority of vehicles on the road drop out of a crash, you drop out an have AEB, he said. He shared a seexponential amount of energy.” ries of charts to demonstrate this. A 25 mph crash of a Mer- The first (slide 1) showed the with Ed Attanasio cedes C-Class resulted in more than percentage of new vehicles for $28,000 in damage, for example, which AEB is optional or standard Moore said, but when the speed was has grown significantly. reduced to 12 mph, “the cost is re- But the second (slide 2) showed duced by more than half,” to $5,715. even in 2019, HLDI estimated only “Of course,with if youEd canAttanasio go from about 6% of registered vehicles 12 mph down to zero, you can total- were equipped with AEB.
trains. Moore shared a slide (slide 4) showing how far hybrid, electric and turbo- or super-charged vehicles have grown, and will continue to grow, in
relation to vehicles powered by conventional gasoline engines. “What we’re predicting is by 2030, over 45% of vehicles will ei-
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