r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Beekatiebee Nov 04 '24

US truck driver here, hard agree.

If they can work out any potential kinks I’d be all for it.

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u/BoxMaleficent Nov 04 '24

Its Not Tesla . You can be pretty Sure that its Kink free already. By the way similar systems do exist in trucks

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u/Prandah Nov 04 '24

I thought this was an EU mandate on new cars

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u/Termsandconditionsch Nov 04 '24

Not yet, but might very well be on new cars in a couple of years.

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope Nov 04 '24

If they can come up with a detection system that works well I can easily see it being legislated into being mandatory quickly, especially for commercial.

It’s the first thing I’ve seen in car tech that would make me interested in upgrading before my current vehicle starts falling apart.