Volvo Integrates Advanced Collision Mitigation Into Dash Display
Volvo Active Driver Assist integrates the Bendix Wingman Fusion system, combining camera and radar for more accurate object detection. Photo: Volvo Trucks North America
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Volvo Active Driver Assist integrates the Bendix Wingman Fusion system, combining camera and radar for more accurate object detection. Photo: Volvo Trucks North America
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Volvo Trucks North America now offers Bendix Wingman Fusion collision mitigation technology integrated right into the dash of its VNL and VNM model trucks.
At the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, the company unveiled Volvo Active Driver Assist, a comprehensive collision mitigation system that combines radar and camera capabilities to provide emergency braking and help drivers maintain a safe following distance.
The system is fully integrated into Volvo’s Driver Information Display on the dash, so no additional display units or prep kits are needed.
Volvo Active Driver Assist is always active, providing stationary object detection with stationary vehicle braking. It sends audible and visual warnings if a non-moving, metallic object is detected in front of the truck. Braking assist will be applied – at speeds greater than 15 mph – when the system recognizes the stationary object as a vehicle, independent of whether cruise control is engaged. The driver will receive a warning up to 3.5 seconds before an imminent impact with the stationary vehicle, and, if no action is taken by the driver, Volvo Active Driver Assist will automatically engage the brakes.
When cruise control is engaged, Volvo Active Driver Assist will also help the driver maintain a set following distance behind the forward vehicle. If the forward vehicle slows down, Volvo Active Driver Assist will alert the driver and, if necessary, reduce throttle to the engine, apply the engine brake, downshift the Volvo I-Shift automated manual transmission and apply the foundation brakes and brake lights to help the driver maintain the set following distance gap based on the speed of the two vehicles.
Using a front bumper-mounted radar sensor and a windshield-mounted camera, …Read the rest of this story
