
The mandate for audible alerts will eventually help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries annually, according to government estimates.
The mandate for audible alerts will eventually help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries annually, according to government estimates.
The deadline for requiring hybrids and electric vehicles to produce pedestrian-alerting noises to warn sight-impaired pedestrians and bicyclists has been pushed back until March.
The sound cue is aimed at warning pedestrians and cyclists that a vehicle in electric mode is nearby.
TOKYO, JAPAN - Toyota Motor Corp. announced that on Aug. 30 it will begin selling in Japan an onboard device designed to alert pedestrians and others audibly to the presence of a quiet vehicle, such as a gasoline-electric hybrid.
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