Safety technology tends to have a trickle-down journey. ABS, airbags, and other technologies we now take for granted have slowly bee adopted over the years and are now standard equipment. The next technology to join that group might be automatic braking — or autobrake — depending on from what company you buy your next new car.
Ten automakers, along with the NHTSA and IIHS, have agreed to make automatic braking standard on their cars going forward.
Those automakers include Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. Left out are Nissan, Honda, Fiat Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia and Subaru.
Automatic braking usually relies on any number of types of sensors to detect objects ahead. The technology has typically been reserved for safety packages as part of upper level trims.
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