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Adaptive Cruise Control

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an advanced cruise control system that uses radar and cameras to automatically control the speed and braking of a vehicle to maintain a safe following distance from the vehicle ahead. The driver sets the maximum speed and following distance. ACC monitors traffic and slows down or speeds up the vehicle to match the speed of surrounding traffic without driver input. More advanced systems can even bring the vehicle to a complete stop in traffic and accelerate again automatically. ACC helps drivers maintain safe distances and speeds but drivers must still pay attention to the road.

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Adaptive Cruise Control

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an advanced cruise control system that uses radar and cameras to automatically control the speed and braking of a vehicle to maintain a safe following distance from the vehicle ahead. The driver sets the maximum speed and following distance. ACC monitors traffic and slows down or speeds up the vehicle to match the speed of surrounding traffic without driver input. More advanced systems can even bring the vehicle to a complete stop in traffic and accelerate again automatically. ACC helps drivers maintain safe distances and speeds but drivers must still pay attention to the road.

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Adaptive Cruise

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Adaptive cruise control
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an active safety system that automatically controls the
acceleration and braking of a vehicle. It is activated through a button on the steering wheel and
cancelled by driver’s braking and/or another button.

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is an intelligent


form of cruise control that slows down and speeds
up automatically to keep pace with the car in front
of you. The driver sets the maximum speed — just
as with cruise control — then a radar sensor
watches for traffic ahead, locks on to the car in a
lane, and instructs the car to stay 2, 3, or 4 seconds
behind the person car ahead of it (the driver sets
the follow distance, within reason). ACC is now
almost always paired with a pre-crash system that
alerts you and often begins braking.
Adaptive cruise control
How it works

Adaptive cruise control can increase or decrease your car’s speed to maintain a following
distance that you set. Advanced versions can even slow and stop your car in traffic jams,
then accelerate for you.
THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT

One or more sensors – including radar and computer-connected cameras – read the road ahead
of you for traffic. They are capable of reading and responding to any cars that are in front of
you in your lane.
How adaptive cruise control works

By monitoring other vehicles and objects


on the road, adaptive cruise control
enables a safe and comfortable driving
experience. It does so by helping the
driver keep a steady vehicle speed at a
given moment. The driver can set their
preference regarding certain factors, such
as the distance to the car in front, driving
mode – for example, economical, sporty
or comfortable – and others.

Together with information about speed limits, road curvature, accidents data and more,
these choices influence the automatically selected speed.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

Accelerate to your set speed, then turn on the ACC. Tell the ACC how close you want your
following distance gap to be (generally short, medium and long distances), and it’s then set to
begin working. However, you should still stay aware of your surroundings. In bad weather and
other unsafe driving conditions, it is advised not to use ACC. Refer to your owner’s manual
for more information.
TIPS FOR USING

Be aware that ACC may not work effectively in certain types of weather conditions. Some
examples of these include heavy fog or rain; having dirt, snow or ice covering the sensors;
or when the roadways are slippery. These systems also may not work in tunnels.

ACC allows you to spend less energy maintaining your following distance with the cars in
front of you. You should use this opportunity to pay more attention to the traffic mix,
including cars ahead of you and in adjacent lanes.
Use cases supported by modern adaptive cruise control
Stop & Go cruise control

Operating similarly to adaptive cruise control on motorways, the difference is in slow-moving traffic, when it
automatically stops or starts vehicle movement under driver supervision.

Speed limit-aware cruise control

intelligent cruise control can automatically adjust the set speed to the newly detected speed limit, thanks to input
from the traffic sign recognition system. This is done by fusing camera observation and map data to provide
reliable speed restriction information

Eco cruise control for fuel and EV capacity savings

When in eco mode, cruise control adjusts the set speed so that the minimum amount of energy – whether
electricity or fuel – is consumed during the journey. In a situation where a vehicle would go uphill, the
system could drop the speed of the vehicle with 15-20%, in appreciation of the expected downhill speed
gain shortly after. To be able to make such judgment, ACC relies on ADAS map data, specifically gradient
information.
Use cases are supported by modern adaptive cruise control
Cruise control in curves

Especially on country roads and junctions, but also on motorways, the driver usually needs to correct the speed set
by adaptive cruise control when facing bends and turns. Using curvature data from the ADAS Map, intelligent
cruise control can eliminate human intervention by calculating the safe and comfortable speed for a given road
segment. It does so by also considering specific vehicle dynamics.

Turn-by-turn cruise control

One of the most recent advancements in intelligent cruise control technology is the capability to automate
acceleration and braking at highway exits, entrances, junctions and roundabouts.

Predictive adaptive cruise control to anticipate road hazards ahead

Parking speed control


Use cases are supported by modern adaptive cruise control

Dynamic priority cruise control: an emerging


technology

The next step for modern adaptive cruise control


systems is the ability to perceive and
automatically handle changing traffic lights and
other vehicles at junctions. Intelligent driving
strategies that support this use case include
priority negotiation and sensing a rapidly
changing situation with high confidence. Of
course, the driver can still observe the vehicle’s
choices and intervene at any given moment.
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