Cadillac specializes in protection with shaking drivers' chairs, other accident prevention tech (video)
Cadillac will introduce a network of cameras, mouth and ultrasound receptors on the all-new 2013 XTS and ATS luxury sedans designed to help individuals avoid accidents by improving their perspective and attention of road hazards, even stopping instantly if receptors predict the automobile is at risk of failing.
"New technological innovation in the XTS and ATS is intended to give the perspective around the car to help individuals identify obstructions. When necessary, the automobile may take action to help them avoid a effect," said Don Servant, v. p. of Cadillac Marketing. "Cadillac increases its collection considerably in 2013, and these technological innovation are an important component."
The Car owner Awareness Program, available for the launch of the XTS this spring and ATS this summer, and Car owner Guide Program, available on XTS and ATS this fall, includes:
Safety Chair Aware – Uses auto industry-first online seat the vibrations on either the eventually left and/or right part of the driving seat support, with regards to the location and nature of the upcoming concern, notifies the motorist to a prospective effect. Risks from the top part and back trigger impulses on both factors of the chairs. It performs with other visual notifies, and studies have shown it can easily and perfectly focus driver attention to the route of prospective accidents. It also may help individuals who may be frustrated by or not hear beeping notifies. The driver may also program the program to replace seat the vibrations with beeps.
Forward Accident Aware – Radar and photographic camera technological innovation recognize a possible front-end effect risk and alert the motorist, giving him or her longer to respond. The driver can set the notifying a chance to far, medium or near options.
Lane Leaving Caution – A camera-based isle recognition program notifies the motorist of unsignalled isle changes. If a convert indication is used, it will not send advice. The photographic camera, installed near the inside rearview reflection, determines visitors isle marks. Road Leaving Caution triggers at rates of speed above 35 mph.
Side Sightless Location Aware – Using mouth receptors on both factors of the automobile, the program "looks" for other automobiles in the blind zone areas and indicates their presence with signs lit in the outside mirrors. This technological innovation notifies individuals to automobiles that otherwise might escape their perspective. If the motorist triggers the convert indication towards the recognized automobile, the symbol will flash to provide extra warning not to change roads.
Rear Corner Traffic Aware – Using mouth receptors, it alerts the motorist of nearing mix visitors when support out of a auto parking spot. Left or right-side notifies are activated if moving automobiles are recognized. The program helps give individuals more a chance to respond to obstructions that may be difficult to see in the part reflection.
Adaptive Forward Lighting style – With flexible forward lighting, the projector headlamps rotate towards the top part wheels to sustain forward lighting in concert with automobile guiding. Heading into a contour or turning around a corner, the headlamps rotate up to 15 degrees at varying rates of speed, with regards to the degree of the bend and the automobile rate. The program performs with both low- and high-beam headlamp options. The program improves exposure at night and in rough weather compared to traditional headlamps, making generating easier.
Rear Vision Camera With Powerful Guidelines – With a display in the center collection, the photographic camera provides a natural view of objects directly behind the XTS or ATS. Powerful guide lines laid over the movie image support auto parking techniques by showing the car path and available space.
Full-Speed Adaptive Vacation Management – This program uses mouth and perspective detecting to recognize a automobile ahead and determine its range and relative rate, and then delivers a message to the built in computer to sustain a driver-selected following time/distance. When the visitors has removed or the object has moved, the program will improve the automobile back to the previously set rate. Like conventional cruise control, the motorist can always control the program by implementing the braking system or reduce.
Front and Rear Automated Braking – Using mouth and ultrasound receptors, this feature can help avoid or reduce front part and back mishaps at low rates of speed via a development of notifies that expands to complete stopping if necessary. In effect, the program performs like a "virtual fender." For example, if the automobile is in stop-and-go visitors, the program will alert if the lead automobile decreases abruptly and, if needed, braking system the automobile to help avoid an effect or reduce effect rate.
Automatic Accident Preparation – When the XTS and ATS sense a effect is certain, stopping is applied to lessen the effect intensity with the automobile recognized ahead, or even enable the motorist to avoid the collision.
Intelligent Brake Guide – Finds a panic-braking situation and assists a stopping driver by instantly implementing added braking system force to help slow the automobile more easily. This program uses mouth and perspective receptors to help the motorist avoid or reduce damage caused by a front-end collision.
The Car owner Guide Program uses indicator combination, which combines a wide range of detecting and positioning technological innovation. Sensor combination is a key to Cadillac's ongoing work in developing sophisticated, self-driving techniques able to do things such as instantly sustain isle position and adapt to surrounding visitors. Semi-autonomous or even fully independent generating techniques could be available by the end of the several years.
Beyond the new technological innovation, XTS and ATS have a strong structure and 10 conventional air luggage. Other conventional protection measures include:
Dual-stage front driver air bag
Dual-stage front traveler air bag with traveler detecting system
Driver and front part traveler side-impact air bars
Driver and front part traveler joint air bags
Outboard head layer air luggage, front part and back, with flip sensing
Outboard back thorax air bags
Safety belt pretensioners and load limiters
Child seat LATCH system
StabiliTrak electronic balance control
Four-wheel disc braking system with four-channel antilock braking system.
Standard OnStar
OnStar is conventional on XTS and ATS. It uses GPS and cell phone technological innovation to instantly call for help in the event of effect. OnStar service also contains myCadillac and OnStar myLink cell phone applications, which offer automobile information and OnStar services via the client's mobile phone.