With this designation, the Genesis G80 and Electrified G80 join the Genesis SUV lineup of GV60, GV70, Electrified GV70, and GV80 with top honors in safety.
The precise timing of the first set of ratings is uncertain because ongoing supply chain woes in the auto industry have made it more difficult to obtain vehicles for testing.
According to AV industry coalition PAVE, no AV developer has even hinted that AV riders would be able to choose to trade off safety for speed.
To avoid the other two-thirds, driverless cars will have to be designed for safety rather than rider preference when those two are at odds, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
While 10 automakers reported equipping more than 50% of the vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2017 and Aug. 31, 2018 with automatic emergency braking, the top four among these managed to equip 90% or more with the crash avoidance technology.
The new ratings program would extend the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's work toward developing objective tools for evaluating adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping systems.
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