General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Maserati and Porsche all dramatically increased the proportion of their vehicles equipped with the technology
Ruckersville, Va.—All 20 participating automakers have fulfilled a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB).
Five new manufacturers installed AEB on more than 95 percent of the light vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2022, and Aug. 31, 2023, to meet the deadline set in the agreement. General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Maserati and Porsche all dramatically increased the proportion of their vehicles equipped with the technology to meet the target. Kia, which was already close last year, also crossed the finish line.
Audi, BMW, Ford/Lincoln, Honda/Acura, Hyundai/Genesis, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan/Infiniti, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota/Lexus, Volkswagen and Volvo fulfilled the voluntary commitment in previous years.
The 2016 commitment was brokered by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In it, the automakers pledged to equip at least 95 percent of their cars and trucks up to 8,500 pounds with the technology by the production year that ended Aug. 31.
To fulfill their commitment, manufacturers must attest that the AEB system on their vehicles meets certain performance standards. The forward collision warning feature must meet a subset of NHTSA’s current requirements on the timing of driver alerts. The AEB must either be able to slow the vehicle by at least 10 mph in one of two tests conducted at 12 and 25 mph or by 5 mph at both speeds — the level of performance needed for an advanced rating in the Institute’s original vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention evaluation.
Under the commitment, automakers have slightly longer to meet the 95 percent threshold when vehicles with manual transmissions and heavier vehicles are included in the calculation. By the production year that begins Sept. 1, 2024, automakers will need to equip 95 percent of all their light vehicles, whether automatic or manual, with AEB. By the production year beginning Sept. 1, 2025, they will need to meet the threshold for their entire production volume, including those vehicles in the 8,500-10,000 pound category.
More than three-quarters of the automakers already meet the 95 percent threshold with manual-transmission vehicles included in their production totals.
| Percent of vehicles produced Sept. 1 to Aug. 31 with AEB As reported by manufacturer for light-duty vehicles with gross vehicle weight of 8,500 pounds or less. May exclude vehicles with manual transmissions. | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |
| Honda/Acura | 93 | 100 |
| Hyundai/Genesis | 100 | 100 |
| Kia | 94 | 100 |
| Mercedes-Benz | 97 | 100 |
| Mitsubishi | 99 | 100 |
| Nissan/Infiniti | 100 | 100 |
| Subaru | 100 | 100 |
| Tesla | 100* | 100* |
| Volvo | 100 | 100 |
| BMW | 99* | 99* |
| Jaguar Land Rover | 75 | 99 |
| Ford/Lincoln | 98 | 98 |
| General Motors | 73 | 98 |
| Maserati | 71 | 96 |
| Porsche | 70 | 96 |
| Stellantis | 96 | 96* |
| Audi | 95+ | 95+ |
| Mazda | 95+ | 95+ |
| Toyota/Lexus | 95+ | 95+* |
| Volkswagen | 95+ | 95+ |
* Percentage carried over from earlier report. Companies are not required to submit updates after they meet the target.
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