One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

You couldn’t accuse Volvo of ignoring those people at risk of encountering the exterior of its vehicles rather than sitting inside them. The Swedish automotive manufacturer has already introduced ...

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The braking system is the most important safety feature in any car. Although problems with comfort systems like air conditioning, infotainment systems.

Doug Speck, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Car Group, literally rolled out another Volvo world first in automotive safety at a press conference at the 2013 Geneva ...

Volvo V60 Pedestrian Detection test failures – Click above to watch the videos Volvo officials themselves cautioned… that the system may not always detect the dummy’s presence. According to Aussie ...

Nearly one-third of all car crashes involve rear-end collisions. And in nearly half of those, the driver never touched the brakes. Volvo has been developing collision warning systems for years. The ...

Automakers say they're a safety assistant, not a guarantee. Modern vehicles are equipped with a wide range of driver-assist systems, but a new study from AAA emphasizes these are designed to assist ...

Any sports car driver who has ever grimaced at the sound of their front end scraping on the pavement will likely be excited to hear this: Ferrari has filed for a new patent on an auto-braking system ...

Quick, what American car was first with four-wheel disc brakes? Gotta be the '65 Corvette, right? After all, with Duntov's incessant push to pack the latest technology into GM's fiberglass flagship, ...

What happens when a parking brake fails unexpectedly, and how can drivers avoid costly or dangerous outcomes? That’s the ...

FILE - The logo of German car manufacturer BMW is fixed at the headquarters in Munich, Germany, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) (Matthias ...