Automatic Emergency Braking: Standard Equipment for 2029

Tom Appel

7 months ago

Beginning with the 2029 model year, all new passenger vehicles will be required to be equipped with forward Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems. Though variations of the system are already found on an estimated 90 percent of new cars and trucks, the 2029 law establishes performance benchmarks and operational parameters for AEB.

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Found on vehicles from every vehicle make available in the U.S., AEB goes by a number of brand specific names, including:

Alfa Romeo: Autonomous Emergency Braking
Audi: Pre Sense Plus
BMW: Driving Assistant Plus
Fiat: Forward Collision Plus
Ford: Active City Stop
Honda: Collision Mitigation Braking System
Hyundai: Autonomous Emergency Braking
Jeep: Forward Collision Plus
Kia: Autonomous Emergency Braking
Land Rover: Autonomous Emergency Braking
Lexus: Pre-collision Safety System with Brake Assist
Maserati: Forward Collision Warning Plus
Mazda: Smart City Brake Support
Mercedes-Benz: PRE-SAFE Brake
Mini: City Collision Mitigation
Mitsubishi: Forward Collision Mitigation
Nissan: Intelligent Emergency Braking with Forward-Collision Warning
Porsche: Warn and Brake Assist
Subaru: Pre-Collision Braking System (Eyesight)
Suzuki: Advanced Forward Detection System
Tesla: Automatic Emergency Braking
Toyota: Pre-Crash Safety System
Volkswagen: City Emergency Braking
Volvo: City Safety

Given the wide range of names applied to AEB systems, it’s clear that not all the systems operate in the same fashion of cover the same set of emergency situations. The new law, crafted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is designed to that all AEB systems operate in the same manner, and respond to at least a minimum of safety threats.

For 2029, all AEB systems must act to mitigate potential frontal impacts at speeds of up to 90 mph, to come to stop prior to impact at speeds up to 62 mph, and detect and avoid contact with pedestrians at speeds up to 45 mph. The systems must work in both daylight and at night.

Regulators estimate that the new law will ad $83 to the cost of every new vehicle, and potentially save 360 lives annually.

For the 2012 model year NHTSA enacted similar regulations, requiring anti-lock braking and stability-control systems be installed on all new light-duty vehicles and adhere to established performance standards.

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