Daytime and Nighttime Performance Evaluations of the Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning Systems on a 2020 and 2022 Kia Telluride

Testing was conducted in daytime and nighttime conditions to evaluate the performance of the Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning systems present on both a 2020 and 2022 Kia Telluride. The 2022 Kia Telluride was tested during the day at speeds between 35 and 70 miles per hour, while the 2020 Kia Telluride was tested both during the day and at night at speeds between 35 and 60 miles per hour (mph). The daytime testing of both the 2020 and 2022 Kia Telluride utilized a foam stationary vehicle target. The nighttime testing of the 2020 Kia Telluride utilized a live Chevrolet Tahoe as the target. Testing measured the Time to Collision (TTC) values of the visual/audible component of the forward collision warning that was presented to the driver. Further, testing also quantified the timing of the two-phase response of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system. The results of both sets of testing add higher speed Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and AEB testing scenarios to the database of publicly available tests from sources like Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), which evaluates vehicles’ FCW and AEB systems at 12 and 25 mph.