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Volkswagen is recalling more than 271,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the front passenger air bag may not inflate in a crash. VW says in documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators that ...
At the 2020 Chicago Auto Show, Volkswagen unveiled the refreshed Atlas for the model year of 2021. Changes include a new front end, which is based on the Atlas Cross Sport, redesigned wheels, new rear lights, and a new steering wheel. [35] It was facelifted for Mexico on December 1, 2020, alongside the introduction of the Teramont Cross Sport. [36]
143,053 2018–2021 Atlas and 2020 Atlas Cross Sport SUVs may have a defect that makes the front passenger airbag shut off even though someone is in the seat. VW Atlas Owners: Don't Carry Front ...
VEB Sachsenring, the manufacturer, tried to respond with an updated Trabant, the Trabant 1.1, that was first shown in 1989 and featured a new four-stroke engine by Volkswagen, but this proved too little too late to save the outdated car, and production of the new version lasted only about one year.
In its basic form, a forward collision warning system monitors a vehicle's speed, the speed of the vehicle in front of it, and the distance between the vehicles, so that it can provide a warning to the driver if the vehicles get too close, potentially helping to avoid a crash. [3]
Collision avoidance system (pre-crash system) uses small radar detectors, typically placed near the front of the car, to determine the car's vicinity to nearby obstacles and notify the driver of potential car crash situations. [34] These systems can account for any sudden changes to the car's environment that may cause a collision. [34]
A woman and her work truck dangled from the Second Street Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky for 40 minutes after a car unexpectedly veered into the same lane, damaging the front of the truck.
Autonomous: the system acts independently of the driver to avoid or mitigate the accident. Emergency: the system will intervene only in a critical situation. Braking: the system tries to avoid the accident by applying the brakes. Time-to-collision could be a way to choose which avoidance method (braking or steering) is most appropriate. [6]