safety

Euro NCAP has recently completed a new round of safety tests. This time, a total of seven truck were tested. In particular, they were rigid trucks for regional distribution. To sum up, five were awarded the maximum five-star safety rating, and all were judged to be CitySafe. An additional five-star ...

Volvo’s new eye-tracking camera is active at speeds above 18 km/h. The upgraded Driver Alert Support will be standard for Volvo’s heavy-duty trucks (Volvo FH and FM) as well as medium-duty trucks (Volvo FL and FE) in the EU, and some markets outside the EU, for example Norway, Switzerland, and the U...

Rigorous vehicle safety testing and evaluation are going to enhance consumer protection through compliance with NCAP ratings and other industry benchmarks. Further, the partnership will explore the application of independent monitoring of battery health, based on DEKRA’s patented EV battery state-of...

The new program, called Safety Zones, allows transport companies to set speed limits for each truck as it enters a predefined geographical area, a technology often referred to as "geofencing". Fleet managers can define the geographical zones on a digital map, configure the allowed speed limit and ta...

"Whilst trucks make up just 3% of the European vehicle fleet, they’re involved in 15% of all fatal crashes. If we are to deliver 'vision zero'—the concept of no road fatalities on European roads—we cannot only focus on passenger cars. We must consider all vehicle types. We intend to look at buses an...

The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), based in Belgium, was first established in 1996 and quickly became the European industry standard for assessing the safety of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. “This is proof of our consistent efforts in safety developments to go beyond what...