New Vehicle Evasive Maneuver Technology from WABCO

WABCO Holdings, a leading global supplier of technologies for commercial vehicles, has demonstrated the prototype of a new collision avoidance technology for commercial vehicles.

Jointly developed by WABCO and ZF, the Evasive Maneuver Assist (EMA) combines WABCO’s braking, stability and vehicle dynamics control systems on trucks and trailers with ZF’s active steering technology.

The goals, naturally are added safety and advancing autonomous driving in the commercial vehicle industry.

A radar sensor identifies moving or stationary vehicles ahead and alerts the driver via visual, audio and haptic signals of impending rear-end collisions. Should the driver determine that the system cannot avoid a rear-end collision by driver-initiated or autonomous braking alone, Evasive Maneuver Assist engages to help the driver to safely steer around an obstructing vehicle and to bring truck and trailer to a complete and safe stop.

In such situations, this new collision avoidance function is connecting WABCO’s electronic braking system (EBS), advanced emergency braking system (AEBS), electronic stability control (ESC) and vehicle dynamics control systems to ZF’s electrohydraulic ReAX power steering system.

Evasive Maneuver Assist controls both the longitudinal and lateral movements of heavy-duty trucks and trailers in challenging driving situations at high-speed, thereby, helping to avoid rear-end collisions. Critical driving situations may include traffic jams that appear suddenly after curves or when driving on wet, low friction road surfaces.

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