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YONKERS, NY – Consumer Reports, the research, testing and advocacy organization, has been named in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards for its state-of-the-art auto testing and unique approach to ensure innovation and safety go hand in hand.
CR was named an honorable mention in the Transportation category after ushering in a new era of evaluating auto technology. The organization boasts a 1.5-mile multi-lane auto test loop, launched in May 2023, to assess Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), technologies that can automate certain driving functions.
“Most new cars sold today have automated features that can make driving safer and more convenient,” said Jake Fisher, Senior Director of CR’s Auto Test Center. “We’re honored that Fast Company has recognized CR’s long-term investment on ensuring auto innovation does not come at the expense of people’s safety and well-being,”
The $1 million loop, a new addition to CR’s 327-acre auto testing facility in Connecticut, helps CR build on its history of progressing auto safety – from making seat belts standard to ensuring all new vehicles today come equipped with rear-view backup cameras.
“I was struck this year by the global sweep of the honorees,” said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “It’s endlessly inspiring to see how the world is coming together to devise inventive solutions to our most challenging problems. We need ideas from everywhere, and this year’s World Changing Ideas Awards are an extraordinary encapsulation of the innovation and creativity that is so abundant around the globe.”
This year’s World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 50 winners, 127 finalists, and 172 honorable mentions. A panel of Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners from a pool of more than 1,300 entries across a variety of categories. The 2024 awards feature entries from across the globe, including the Republic of Korea, Brazil, and Madagascar.
About the World Changing Ideas Awards: World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company’s major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and bold concepts that make the world better. Judges choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to work on solving the problems that affect us all.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with its sister publication, Inc., and can be found online at fastcompany.com.
Founded in 1936, CR has a mission to create a fair and just marketplace for all. Widely known for our rigorous research and testing of products and services, we also survey millions of consumers each year, report extensively on marketplace issues, and advocate for consumer rights and protections around safety as well as digital rights, financial fairness, and sustainability. CR is independent and nonprofit.
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