2023 model year GM vehicles get bolstered safety features

General Motors (GM) announced that it will bolster the safety of its 2023 model-year (MY) vehicles by making five features standard.

The said features are automatic emergency braking, forward collision alert, front pedestrian braking, lane keep assist with lane departure warning, and IntelliBeam auto high-beam control.

“GM has gone well beyond the safety commitment we made to our customers for the 2023 model year, with a handful of additional standard safety features shown to bring real-world results. As we look ahead toward a future vision of zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion, these technologies are significant building blocks with proven benefits for reducing common crashes,” commented GM Vehicle Safety Technology, Strategy and Regulations Director John Capp.

Noting the advantages of making the aforementioned features standard on all its 2023 MY vehicles, GM cited a study conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

Per GM, automatic emergency braking, together with forward collision alert, reduced rear-end striking crashes by 42 percent.

Meanwhile, front pedestrian braking reduced front pedestrian crashes by 23 percent.

As for lane keep assist with lane departure warning, the said 2023 UMTRI study revealed that it reduced roadway departure crashes by 15 percent.

Further, the use of IntelliBeam reduced nighttime crashes with animals, pedestrians, and bicyclists by 22 percent.

“GM is on track to meet a previously signed industry commitment to make Automatic Emergency Braking standard on 95 percent of all new vehicles sold. Thanks to this advocacy and collaboration among automakers, more new vehicles than ever will now provide this key active safety feature as standard equipment,” GM wrote in a press release.

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