Sentences with phrase «test vehicle struck»

An Uber self - driving test vehicle struck a pedestrian on March 18th in Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix.

Self - driving tragedy struck over the weekend in Tempe, Arizona when an Uber self - driving test vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian.

Not exact matches

Ford is also trying to strike a balance between evolution, with its vehicle lineup's semiautonomous features, and revolution, with its test fleet of driverless cars.

China has reportedly tested its hypersonic strike vehicle called «Wu - 14,» which has been tested at least four times since January 2014.

That Sunday evening, in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing autonomous vehicle technology, an Uber self - driving vehicle struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg.

T) said it will pause autonomous vehicle testing following Sunday's accident in which an Uber Technologies Inc self - driving SUV struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona.

Full details are still forthcoming surrounding the death on Sunday night of pedestrian Elaine Herzberg after she was struck by Uber's test vehicle, a Volvo SC 90 sport utility vehicle, operating in autonomous mode..

In the Uber crash last month, the ride - services company was testing a fully driverless system intended for commercial use when the prototype vehicle struck and killed a woman walking across an Arizona road.

So far, autonomous systems in the U.S. have been connected with three deaths — two related to Tesla vehicles and a third that occurred in March when a pedestrian was struck by a car being tested by Uber.

Uber Technologies Inc. halted autonomous vehicle tests after one of its cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving the technology.

Side impact testing examines a vehicle's ability to withstand a 3300 - pound vehicle striking the car's sides at 31 mph.

The new small overlap frontal crash test, designed to simulate what would happen when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or object, constitutes the front end of the driver's side striking a five - foot tall rigid barrier at 40 mph.

In the moderate overlap front test, a fast - moving vehicle strikes a deformable barrier made of aluminum honeycomb that crushes like a real car would in a crash.

So far, only a handful of vehicles have passed the test in which 25 percent of a car's front end on the driver side strikes a 5 - foot - tall barrier at 40 mph.

The Dodge Durango, Jeep Cherokee and Hyundai Santa Fe got «marginal» ratings, and the Dodge Journey received a «poor» rating on the test, in which 25 per cent of a vehicle's front end strikes a barrier at 40 mph.

The changed vehicle mix and high risks to occupants of side - struck vehicles when the striking vehicles are SUVs or pickups led the Institute to modify the moving deformable barrier used in the federal test so the front end represents the geometry of a typical SUV or pickup.

The side impact test represents what happens when a passenger vehicle is struck in the side by a pickup truck or SUV at about 30 mph.

In these tests, an impactor with a deformable front end representing the front of a car is used to strike the sides of the vehicles being assessed.

The moving deformable barrier that strikes the test vehicle weighs 3,300 pounds and has a front end shaped to simulate the typical front end of a pickup or SUV.

Each vehicle's overall side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of the vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.

The test simulates a rear - end crash with a velocity change of 10 mph, approximately equivalent to a stationary vehicle being struck at 20 mph by a vehicle of the same weight.

Each test simulates an intersection crash in which a striking vehicle moving at 30 mph, represented by the barrier, hits the driver side of a vehicle going 15 mph.

«These tests demonstrate that head airbags can make very serious vehicle - to - vehicle side impacts survivable by preventing the intruding vehicle structure from striking occupants» heads.

The side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.

However, a new side - pole test has been added where a moving vehicle strikes a stationary pole barrier.

The side - crash safety evaluations continue to include the side - barrier test used previously where a moving barrier strikes a stationary vehicle at an angle.

The large car held up well in the test, which replicates what happens when the front driver - side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.

In the Institute's 40 mph offset frontal test, now called a moderate overlap frontal test, 40 percent of the total width of a vehicle strikes a deformable barrier on the driver side.

The side rating is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.

The tests illustrate what happens in a 25 mph crash when the striking vehicle doesn't have autobrake, compared with what happens when autobrake reduces the speed by 13 mph.

To earn TOP SAFETY PICK +, a vehicle must pass a series of crashworthiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test — a real - life scenario that replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object.

In this segment, most (not all) of the vehicles perform very well on all crash tests, including the small frontal overlap test which simulates the vehicle striking a pole with just the front corner of the car.

The Institute's side impact crash test represents what happens when a passenger vehicle is struck by a pickup truck or SUV.

In this test, there's no chance that the heads of the dummies in a struck vehicle will be hit by the intruding barrier.

In the Institute test, a moving deformable barrier strikes the driver side of a passenger vehicle at 31 mph.

Each vehicle's overall side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of the vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph that represents the front end of a pickup or SUV.

Under the vinyl cover, inflatable tubes and foam sit on a metal frame, which is then affixed to metal guides on the track to keep the target from moving until it is struck by the test vehicle.

The Institute's test represents a crash in which the striking vehicle has a tall front end like a pickup or SUV, so head protection is critical.»

A Chrysler Corp. minivan has achieved the best scores ever recorded for a van in the federal government's 13 - year - old crash test program, thanks in part to its driver's side air bag.The scores, recorded from instrumented test dummies aboard a Dodge Caravan run headlong into a concrete wall, also were better than those of most passenger cars.The 35 - mph test provides a basis for comparing vehicles, although critics point out that it indicates little about a vehicle's ability to protect passengers if it is struck in the side or rear.

Each vehicle's overall side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of the vehicle is struck by a moving barrier representing the front end of a pickup or SUV.

In the test, 25 percent of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a rigid barrier at 40 mph (65km / hr).

In the Euro NCAP side impact test, in which a pole strikes the side of the vehicle dead center at 32 km / h (20 mph), CFRP again demonstrates its extraordinary energy - absorbing capacity.

In the test, 25 % of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a 1.5 - metre - high rigid barrier at 64 km / h with a 50th percentile male Hybrid III dummy belted in the driver seat.

In the test, 25 percent of the total width of the vehicle strikes the 5 - foot - tall rigid barrier on the driver side at 40 mph.

In the test, 25 percent of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a 5 - foot - tall rigid barrier at 40 mph.

In the test, which is more challenging than either the head - on crashes conducted by the government or the Institute's moderate overlap front test, 25 percent of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a rigid barrier at 40 mph.

The IIHS added the small - overlap front test to its battery of vehicle evaluations last year to simulate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object like a tree or a utility pole.

This sled test simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear by a vehicle of the same weight going 20 mph.

In the frontal test, vehicles strike a deformable barrier at 40 mph.

Side evaluations are based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph.