The biggest news this past week from the automotive industry, in terms of safety innovations at least, was Ford's announcement it has completed work on the world's first inflatable seat belts – a ...

Inflatable seat belts have been around for a few years but they're just starting to gain international traction now—and soon they may be a common feature in almost all new cars. The groundbreaking ...

Some 40 percent of new Ford Explorer buyers are ponying up an extra $200 for inflatable rear seat belts. That has encouraged Ford to expand availability of inflatable seat belts to the 2012 Flex.

Ford’s industry-exclusive rear inflatable seatbelts recently earned the 2011 Traffic Safety Achievement Award at the New York International Auto Show’s World Traffic Safety Symposium. This advanced ...

Most seat belts are designed to stretch during a crash to reduce the force of impact on the wearer while still preventing contact with the interior of the vehicle. Ford has gone one step further with ...

Blend one part seat belt with one part airbag, explode, and what have you got? Answer: the inflatable seat belt. Ford Motor Co. has developed the world’s first inflatable seat belts for rear seat ...

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Since 2010, Ford Motor Co. has offered a proprietary inflatable seatbelt for its Explorer sport utility vehicles (SUV), Flex crossover, Fusion sedan, as well as on the Lincoln MKT and MKZ luxury ...

advertisement 06-08-2010 TECH Children and Seniors Safer With Ford’s Inflatable Seat Belts Next time you stick grandma in the backseat of your 2011 Ford Explorer, take comfort in the fact that she ...

Ford's industry-exclusive rear inflatable seat belts -- one of the 2011 Explorer's breakthrough safety innovations that helped nearly triple the vehicle's March sales -- earned the 2011 Traffic Safety ...

Ford is infusing plenty of nifty and useful new features into the 2021 F-150, including storage options in the cab, the new Sync 4 infotainment system with over-the-air updates, and an in-bed power ...