Detroit Free Press -- One year after recalling nearly 30 million vehicles for various safety issues General Motors showed its new $14 million Active Safety Test Area in Milford to the media Friday.
"We're focused on developing a zero-defect environment," said Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president for global product development and supply chain. "Safety is integrated into all of our values."
The facility covers 52 acres at the company's Milford Proving Grounds and provides a large open space to test the latest in autonomous and semi-autonomous driving-assist technologies. Engineers and product developers demonstrated several features that are available in some models today, including Pedestrian Braking and Front Automatic Braking.
Both rely on a front-mounted camera. In the pedestrian protection feature, the camera detects a person of three feet in or taller who may be walking, running or skateboarding in front of a car's path.
As long as the car is not traveling more than 12.5 miles per hour in the area near the pedestrian it will stop in time to avoid the person. This technology is available on the 2016 models of the Cadillac CT6, Chevrolet Malibu and Volt.
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