Boron Extrication An in-depth look into vehicle extrication and rescues involving today's automobiles

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro has 8 standard air bags in the coupe, driver and front passenger knee air bags, and a Ultra high-strength steel safety cage.

A look at the 2015 KIA Cerato body structure and airbags.

The 2016 Honda Civic Body Structure has several unique features that responders should know about. Besides a body structure made up of an increased percentage of Ultra-High Strength Steel (UHSS)

The 2016 VW Beetle has a rigid body structure made up with ultra-high-strength, hot-formed steels and seamless laser welds.

The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron is set to arrive in the fall of 2015 as a 2016 model.

Sheet-metal panels are rarely welded to the vehicle body structure in new vehicles. Nissan is reducing the thickness of panels by using stronger steel in the body structure.

The 2016 Optima features a uniquely engineered body that combines various high-tensile strength steel alloys.

In my New Vehicle Technology class I have a section called “on the horizon” that highlights new vehicles that are going to hit the roads soon.  Toyota decided to use the Back to the Future date of October 21, 2015 ...

With today being the date that hover cars finally hit the market. Responders need to understand to how to properly stabilize a hover vehicle.

Look at the 2016 Nissan Maxima Body Structure and take notice of the Ultra-high strength steel (1180 MPa) used in the b-pillar. The base of the b-pillar, below the reinforcement is not UHSS. Remember two rules when cutting b-pillars on late model vehicles: