Weili Auto's Advanced Safety Features Get a Boost with Automatic Emergency Steering (AES)
A new feature has been rolled out by Weili Auto in its latest software update, giving the company’s vehicles an added layer of safety. The advanced emergency braking system (AEB) is now available on a wider scale in China, and according to the manufacturer, incidents involving full-size crashes have decreased by 10-20 percent since the update.
According to officials, this comes as a direct result from Weili Auto's relentless focus on advancing safety measures through their vehicles. However, it is worth noting that with the increasing variety of traffic accidents in China, some types of accidents will only be mitigated using AES due to limitations in AEB functionality.
The manufacturer recently held a meeting with media representatives and expressed their intention to roll out an updated feature called Automatic Emergency Steering (AES) during the 3.1.0 version. AES serves as a complementary system to existing safety measures, focusing on advanced systems that help avoid collisions or minimize injury.
How Does it work?
Weili Auto has emphasized the need for compatibility between AES and AEB functions, planning to make them co-existent in their vehicles. A critical part of the AES is its ability to assess risks, allowing cars to choose between different safety strategies — primarily working as an independent system, but also integrating seamlessly alongside AEB.
For instance, if one car crashes into a wall on one road segment and then attempts to go around another vehicle that is coming from elsewhere, AEB could initiate by initiating a stop procedure when it detects the rear vehicle's rapid closing distance from it. Meanwhile, AES will automatically rotate the driver’s path towards an unobstructed zone using vehicle stabilization systems.
Safety and Compliance Regulations
The manufacturer has emphasized how their AES system balances speed requirements and practicality as well as incorporating safety elements with regulatory standards in traffic areas such as highways and side streets where there are fewer people walking or cars moving against traffic directions.
For instance, if it detects pedestrians approaching the front of a vehicle at close to 0 distance when cruising on high-speed roads, that's likely the best solution for minimizing accident occurrence. Most human driving behaviors under these conditions follow similar safety guidelines involving avoiding obstacles in their paths.
However, automotive speed will cut into reaction time, making a precise steering move within seconds or so highly effective in evading accidents but could have unforeseen risks of further accidents elsewhere on the road. Weili's auto system aims to stay one step ahead and address such dilemmas by automatically evaluating traffic conditions throughout each minute of a trip.
Future Plans
The company plans to integrate safety upgrades such as enhanced obstacle detection features for pedestrians, which will improve nighttime accident prevention capabilities without triggering accidental crashes involving barriers or obstacles when traveling at low speeds at night.
A comprehensive test will take place once the update is available to confirm whether it improves safety by mitigating extreme scenarios or surpassing AEB features' effectiveness in preventing accidents of all kinds.
We're eagerly awaiting our first hands-on experience with these advanced vehicles and hope you are as well.
