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Shift: A podcast about mobility

Kelly Funkhouser clears confusion around driver-assist systems

Shift: A podcast about mobility

Automotive News

Business

4.831 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The manager of vehicle technology at Consumer Reports sheds light on federal reports related to crashes involving driver-assist systems and clarifies terminology that manufacturer and drivers use in describing new features and in-car tech.

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Shift is brought to you by Sheffler Group.

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Sheffler Group, we pioneer motion.

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As a manufacturer of precision components and systems for 70 plus years,

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Sheffler has become a leading global automotive and

0:15.1

industrial supplier. Together with our customers we drive forward-thinking

0:19.9

technologies and

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mobility more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable.

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To learn more, visit Sheffler.

0:31.0

US. Hi everybody,

0:39.4

Hi everybody,

0:40.2

welcome to Shift,

0:41.1

podcast about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your host.

0:44.9

Nearly 400 crashes involving driver assist systems and 130 more involving

0:49.8

autonomous vehicles have occurred on American roads.

0:53.0

That's according to recent data released by the National Highway

0:55.4

Traffic Safety Administration.

0:57.6

What do we know about those crashes?

0:59.8

Not much.

1:01.2

Those numbers provide a snapshot glance, and not much more. much.

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Those numbers provide a snapshot glance and not much more.

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So here to put some context around them is this week's guest, Kelly Funkhouser of Consumer Reports.

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Kelly has some takeaways from those recent crash reports and she has a deep expertise in understanding how driver assist systems are working on the road today, how their capabilities are evolving, and where the blind spots still remain.

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