Honda CR-V to get Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control – world’s first predictive cruise control?

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Honda has developed what it calls the world’s first predictive safety cruise control system, which it calls Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control or i-ACC. It will debut on the European market Honda CR-V this year.

The team at Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH basically studied typical European driving styles and used their findings to develop an algorithm that allows a camera and millimeter wave radar to watch out for other vehicles in neighbouring lanes that seem likely to cut into the CR-V’s lane.

This is a step up from traditional adaptive cruise control systems which can only monitor the car directly in front of it. If a vehicle cuts-in from a neighboring lane, traditional adaptive cruise control systems react later, thus requiring stronger braking.

According to Honda, i-ACC is able to predict the likelihood of a cut-in up to five seconds before it occurs so it can react smoothly so as not to startle the driver, who might not yet be aware of the imminent cut-in.

The system applies just a mild braking force initially, with an icon appearing on the multi-info display informing the driver why a slow-down occured. This sounds like something CR-V owners would find really useful in Malaysia, don’t you think? Too bad it sounds like an Europe-only system at the moment.

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Comments

  • George Abdul on Jan 08, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    “This sounds like something CR-V owners would find really useful in Malaysia, don’t you think? Too bad it sounds like an Europe-only system at the moment.”

    With current Govt, we (Rakyat) will only gets paying high taxes…

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    • Same L0rrrr on Jan 09, 2015 at 11:38 am

      You won’t go wrong with sushi cars. Good specs, build quality, affordable and good RV!

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    • takNakP1 on Jan 09, 2015 at 12:59 pm

      reading all this news is only syiok sendiri and drooling.
      Even simple peddle shift or econ mode also removed from the new Jazz.

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  • Won’t work here, poor car won’t even move since perpetually being cut in by motor cycles, cars, buses, 1 ton lorries, white vans, dogs, cats, cows, etc.

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  • oil_worker on Jan 08, 2015 at 5:29 pm

    uuuhhhhhhh yesss.. this is one of the most irritating thing that happen with my volvo’s adaptive cruise.. I truly hope that adaptive cruise will be sort of standard in Malaysia because it will definitely help reduce crashed by maintaining the right distance with the car in front.. and u don’t have to do the guessing game of how fast the car in front of you is going or how hard is the car braking, the radar will keep track of that in an instant….

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    • BLT_CLUB on Jan 09, 2015 at 8:33 am

      If you need the car to tell you the distance from the car in front, you don’t belong on the road. Keep your Volvo at home. TAKE.THE.BUS

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  • Jimmy on Jan 08, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    Upgrade to 6 airbags first.

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  • RicoT on Jan 08, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    Great! Queue cutter can easily cut in front of CRVs. Wohoo!

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  • Potato on Jan 08, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    In Europe it will work because the car cutting in will signal first. In Malaysia no one uses a signal indicator before changing lanes. The system would have a longer time to predict a lane change by looking at the signal first.

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  • Sazali on Jan 08, 2015 at 6:57 pm

    Here, you will get new design bumper, new frog light, push start, rear poiler, new design local sport rims, some dog sensor, new colour etc …..

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  • Captain Obvious on Jan 08, 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Fear not everyone, for you shall not get what was stated above anyway. Laysia~

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  • mmmmm on Jan 09, 2015 at 10:11 am

    In malaysia, you pay money for the car and agree on whatever the manufacturer give you. Honda say, no adaptive cruise control for MY….but Thai get it. Wtf!

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  • Won’t work..in my town its stop for a traffic light every 1 minute. My car has cruise control but never used it.

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