The latest version of Bendix Fusion, the flagship advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, now is available on Kenworth T680 trucks.
The updated Fusion system offers a new pedestrian autonomous emergency braking (PAEB) feature and a new high beam assist feature, Bendix reported. These capabilities build on long-standing and road-proven ADAS technologies from Bendix. A new forward-facing camera and upgraded software support the system, which is part of three ADAS packages Kenworth recently announced for the T680: ADAS, ADAS Pro, and ADAS Premier.
“We value the Kenworth team highly as a partner in our mission to help promote highway safety for North America’s fleets and drivers,” Nicole Oreskovic, Bendix vice president of sales and marketing, said in a news release. “We’re proud to have Kenworth equip their trucks with Bendix’s latest technologies.
“It’s a continuation of the commitment to safety that we’ve shared from the earliest days of our full-stability systems in 2005 to our most recent advancements today.”
Systems designed for drivers
Bendix’s PAEB can potentially provide audible and visual alerts and braking in response to a detected forward pedestrian in the vehicle’s path. The new high beam assist option, when enabled, may automatically deactivate the high beam headlights under certain conditions.
In addition to these latest enhancements, the newly released Bendix Fusion system on Kenworth T680s includes previously available features, among them autonomous emergency braking (AEB), multi-lane autonomous emergency braking, highway departure braking (HDB), stationary vehicle braking (SVB), lane departure warning (LDW), and Bendix BlindSpotter side object detection system. The system prioritizes alerts to help reduce driver distraction as well.
Because it is built on the foundation of the Bendix ESP Electronic Stability Program full-stability system, Fusion also helps drivers potentially mitigate additional crash situations, including rollovers and loss-of-control incidents.