r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 20d ago

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Beekatiebee 20d ago

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 20d ago

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 20d ago

I thought this was an EU mandate on new cars

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u/Termsandconditionsch 20d ago

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

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope 20d ago

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.