The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has approved the specifications of THOR-5F, a female crash test dummy developed by Humanetics. AP Photo / Paul Sancya When a woman gets behind the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a leading automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P.

If you want to understand how far automotive engineering has come in the last three decades, you don’t look at horsepower figures, touchscreen diagonals, or zero-to-60 times. You look at a severed ...

Collisions with large animals like deer and moose cause thousands of injuries and billions in damages annually in the U.S. Volvo has developed a large animal detection system and uses a nearly ...