Tag Archives: Safety

November 21, 2011
Hybrid drivers are safer from injury in a crash– also tagged , , , , ,

Hybrid models have the advantage of fuel economy over their gas-only siblings, but it appears that batteries and electric motors make them safer as well. The Highway Loss Data Institute studied 25 2003 to 2011 vehicles that featured both conventional and hybrid powertrains (example: Honda Civic and Honda Civic Hybrid). The Toyota Prius and Honda [...]

September 18, 2008
Volvo Thinks Locusts Can Make Us Safer Drivers– also tagged , , ,

Volvo is determined to build an injury-proof car by 2020, and the engineers working out the bugs developing so complex a vehicle hope to include a few as well. They’re studying the African locust to figure out how to make cars mimic the insect’s uncanny ability to avoid crashing into each other as they swarm.
The [...]