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Innovative Car Safety Technologies in New Honda City
Car safety technologies have gained prominence in the recent years with the growing number of road accidents. Modern day cars are well equipped with safety devices compared to their old siblings. The New Honda City recently launched by Honda Seil Cars India in the Indian car market is a perfect epithet of safety.
Honda City has enjoyed a long and successful journey in the Indian car market. Staring from the first City that was introduced in 1997, Honda adopted the philosophy of reinvention. With a continuous process of reinvention the company gave birth to the third Generation City with a host of innovative technologies.
Artistically designed with stimulating style, sophisticated comfort, improved performance, and unmatched safety, the all-new Honda City has set a new benchmark in the Indian car industry.
When talking about safety measures, Honda is committed to provide safety for everyone including the driver, occupants, pedestrians, and occupants of other vehicles. Using the kingdom of knowledge gained from real-life situations, government regulations, and past experiences, Honda identifies innovative technologies that ultimately help in making the world a safer place. The search of innovations in car safety features has on end and specifically for Honda safety is an ongoing process. Honda is continually looking out for ways and means to reduce all possible injuries and crashes on today’s roads and highways.
Honda City has enjoyed a long and successful journey in the Indian car market. Staring from the first City that was introduced in 1997, Honda adopted the philosophy of reinvention. With a continuous process of reinvention the company gave birth to the third Generation City with a host of innovative technologies.
Artistically designed with stimulating style, sophisticated comfort, improved performance, and unmatched safety, the all-new Honda City has set a new benchmark in the Indian car industry.
When talking about safety measures, Honda is committed to provide safety for everyone including the driver, occupants, pedestrians, and occupants of other vehicles. Using the kingdom of knowledge gained from real-life situations, government regulations, and past experiences, Honda identifies innovative technologies that ultimately help in making the world a safer place. The search of innovations in car safety features has on end and specifically for Honda safety is an ongoing process. Honda is continually looking out for ways and means to reduce all possible injuries and crashes on today’s roads and highways.
Listed are some of the most advanced car safety technologies that Honda applied to its New Honda City for delivering a safer ride:
Trinity of Braking System
Trinity of braking system is one of the most significant safety systems in the new Honda City. The trinity comprises the Antilock Braking (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist. The combination of these advanced safety technologies sets a new standard in car safety feature.
ABS uses a system of sensors, an electronic control unit and a hydraulic control unit. All these work in association with each other to monitor the movement of car wheels and prevent wheel lock up. When any of the car wheel is about to lock while braking, the sensors sense the situation and then the electronic unit or the ABS computer sends the signal to the hydraulic unit. After receiving the signal, the system modulates the braking pressure of the corresponding wheel and prevents lock up. The key motive of the ABS system is to help car drivers maintain steering control during hard braking, especially in case of slippery road conditions.
The introduction of EBD with the ABS holds its own significance in improving safety standards. The system works in conjunction with the anti-lock brakes to electronically distribute the braking pressure between front and rear wheels. It optimizes the braking performance by maintaining the pressure balance between both front and rear wheels based on road conditions, car weight, car speed, and the available traction. This balance is very important as if the rear wheels lock up before the front wheels then the car will spin.
The Brake Assist system also plays a key role in ensuring faster and safer braking in association with other two members of the trinity. This system monitors the use of brake pedal and automatically senses the need to stop the car in case of an approaching accident or as a result of panic.
ABS uses a system of sensors, an electronic control unit and a hydraulic control unit. All these work in association with each other to monitor the movement of car wheels and prevent wheel lock up. When any of the car wheel is about to lock while braking, the sensors sense the situation and then the electronic unit or the ABS computer sends the signal to the hydraulic unit. After receiving the signal, the system modulates the braking pressure of the corresponding wheel and prevents lock up. The key motive of the ABS system is to help car drivers maintain steering control during hard braking, especially in case of slippery road conditions.
The introduction of EBD with the ABS holds its own significance in improving safety standards. The system works in conjunction with the anti-lock brakes to electronically distribute the braking pressure between front and rear wheels. It optimizes the braking performance by maintaining the pressure balance between both front and rear wheels based on road conditions, car weight, car speed, and the available traction. This balance is very important as if the rear wheels lock up before the front wheels then the car will spin.
The Brake Assist system also plays a key role in ensuring faster and safer braking in association with other two members of the trinity. This system monitors the use of brake pedal and automatically senses the need to stop the car in case of an approaching accident or as a result of panic.
G-Force Control Technology (G-CON)
G-CON or the G-force control technology is one of Honda’s best innovations designed in response to the need to control or absorb the crash force in event of an unavoidable accident.
This technology helps to reduce the impact of collision from all directions on the car body. Honda has tested the structure under real-life conditions by conducting various crash tests between different vehicles of varied sizes, rigidity, and structure. Honda even has its own crash testing centre at Tochigi R&D Center in Japan. It is also believed that Honda’s crash testing centre is the world’s first indoor, all-weather, omni-directional vehicle-to-vehicle crash test center.
The all-new Honda City is designed with the same impact absorbing body structure along with a strong survival zone to cocoon its passengers in case of an accident. It is believed that the car is estimated to withstand a fixed-barrier frontal collision at around 55 km/h, a side collision at around 50 km/h, and a rear impact at around 50 km/h.
In addition, the car is also designed with a U-shaped lower dashboard. This helps to absorb the impact energy that is dispersed from the main frame structure to the car floor.
This technology helps to reduce the impact of collision from all directions on the car body. Honda has tested the structure under real-life conditions by conducting various crash tests between different vehicles of varied sizes, rigidity, and structure. Honda even has its own crash testing centre at Tochigi R&D Center in Japan. It is also believed that Honda’s crash testing centre is the world’s first indoor, all-weather, omni-directional vehicle-to-vehicle crash test center.
The all-new Honda City is designed with the same impact absorbing body structure along with a strong survival zone to cocoon its passengers in case of an accident. It is believed that the car is estimated to withstand a fixed-barrier frontal collision at around 55 km/h, a side collision at around 50 km/h, and a rear impact at around 50 km/h.
In addition, the car is also designed with a U-shaped lower dashboard. This helps to absorb the impact energy that is dispersed from the main frame structure to the car floor.
Advanced Compatibility Engineering Body Technology (ACE)
Advanced Compatibility Engineering Body Technology or ACE, born of Honda’s dream of ensuring safety for everyone, is considered to be an extension of Honda’s G-CON technology. It is developed and tested in Honda’s crash test center with the desire to optimize front collision performance.
This new structure helps to disperse collision forces over a larger frontal area, which eventually reduces the potential for misalignment of vehicle safety structures. This in turn helps minimize injuries and delivers improved protection for car occupants as well as the occupants of other vehicles.
To ensure better occupant safety in frontal crashes, ACE is also designed to improve compatibility of collision when different sized vehicle collide with each other. This function is of immeasurable importance when compact cars and large SUVs meet an accident.
This new structure helps to disperse collision forces over a larger frontal area, which eventually reduces the potential for misalignment of vehicle safety structures. This in turn helps minimize injuries and delivers improved protection for car occupants as well as the occupants of other vehicles.
To ensure better occupant safety in frontal crashes, ACE is also designed to improve compatibility of collision when different sized vehicle collide with each other. This function is of immeasurable importance when compact cars and large SUVs meet an accident.
Pedestrian Safety
Honda’s commitment to safety also includes the safety of common people who walks on roads. Safety of pedestrians has always been a key concern for Honda. With this concern, the company first studied the dynamics of pedestrian collision according to which when a person is stuck by an oncoming car, he or she is thrown up onto the car hood before rolling on the street. Keeping this in mind the company introduced pedestrian safety dummies known as POLAR II.
POLAR II is believed to be the most advanced test dummy that was designed with realistic human structure along with sensors to measure the impact of energy on a human body during a car accident. Data received after crash testing these dummies has been used to re-evaluate the shape and design of the vehicles.
The New Honda City is also designed in accordance to the data received after conducting a crash test with the POLAR II. In an event of an accident with the new City, the bonnet and front wings of the car deform on contact with a pedestrian. Even the hinges on the car bonnet and wiper pivots are designed in such a way that they bend, break or absorb energy so that head injuries to the pedestrian can be minimized.
POLAR II is believed to be the most advanced test dummy that was designed with realistic human structure along with sensors to measure the impact of energy on a human body during a car accident. Data received after crash testing these dummies has been used to re-evaluate the shape and design of the vehicles.
The New Honda City is also designed in accordance to the data received after conducting a crash test with the POLAR II. In an event of an accident with the new City, the bonnet and front wings of the car deform on contact with a pedestrian. Even the hinges on the car bonnet and wiper pivots are designed in such a way that they bend, break or absorb energy so that head injuries to the pedestrian can be minimized.
