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The fully electric XC40 SUV – Volvo’s first electric car and one of the safest on the road The advance of electric cars constitutes the biggest change in the history of the automobile. For the first time in over a century, cars move without a petrol or diesel engine in the engine bay and have a battery in the floor, changing the car at its core. With the introduction of the forthcoming fully electric Volvo XC40 SUV next month, Volvo Cars is not just launching its first fully electric car – in true Volvo tradition, it is also introducing one of the safest cars on the road, despite a fresh set of challenges presented by the absence of an internal combustion engine. “Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe,” says Malin Ekholm, head of safety at Volvo Cars. “The fully electric XC40 will be one of the safest cars we have ever built.” While building on the excellent safety standards of the original XC4...

September is National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Month, and Nissan has 10 child passenger safety tips for drivers transporting little loved ones.   Nissan safety engineers spend thousands of hours evaluating child safety seats by installing them in the rear seats of current Nissan and INFINITI vehicles. The result is the  Snug Kids Child Safety Seat Fit Guide , which helps parents confidently select a child restraint system that best fits their vehicle. “Passenger safety is at the core of everything we do at Nissan. Our  Snug Kids®  team of certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians performs more than 6,400 car seat checks in our vehicles each year to help ensure a proper fit,” said Brandon Sanders, Nissan product safety engineer. According to the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , car crashes are a leading cause of death for children ages one to 13. Many of these deaths could be prevented with the proper use of child restrai...

HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP DEVELOPS WEARABLE VEST EXOSKELETON TO ALLEVIATE BURDEN IN OVERHEAD WORK New Wearable Vest EXoskeleton (VEX) is up to 42% lighter than competing products The VEX functions without the need for a battery by imitating human shoulder joint and using multilink lift assistant module Hyundai Motor Group also announces commercialization of its Chairless EXoskeleton Hyundai Motor Group to expand robot application into EV charging and personal mobility SEOUL, September 4, 2019 —  Hyundai Motor Group has developed new Vest EXoskeleton (VEX), a wearable robot created to assist industrial workers who spend long hours working in overhead environments. The VEX enhances productivity and reduces fatigue of industrial workers by imitating the movement of human joints to boost load support and mobility. The wearable vest the polycentric axis – combining multiple pivot points with multi-link muscular assistance – to function, eliminating the need for a battery. ...