Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Vincent Jannick Frisch

Gerald Doerne

Maximilian Bereck

In order to provide an enhanced driver assistance system for a vehicle, a prediction of a movement of the third-party vehicle is determined based upon motion data relating to a third-party vehicle travelling in front which has moved out of a region of view of at least one sensor of the vehicle, or relating to an oncoming third-party vehicle which has not yet entered the region of view of the sensor, and based upon map data. The driver assistance system is then operated on the basis of the prediction.

Driver assistance system and method

A towing assembly for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a longitudinal member mount configured to attach to a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle, and a pulling element configured to transmit a tensile force to the longitudinal member and to translate relative to the longitudinal member in response to a compressive force. The pulling element includes a rod portion and a hook portion vertically offset from the rod portion.

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Cologne, Germany

Vincent Jannick Frisch