The safety organization Euro NCAP has chosen the class winners for 2022. All are electric – and none are from Europe. Tesla can score multiple points.
Not long ago, cars from China were far inferior to their European competitors in terms of safety. But in an amazingly short time, the Chinese turned it around. In the year just ended, a number of new cars from the Far East successfully completed the Euro NCAP procedure. The safety organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) has now announced the crash test class winners for 2022.
The test winners are all battery-electric vehicles, including two Chinese models. The winners convinced the testers with occupant protection for adults and children, pedestrian protection and safety assistance technologies.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 took first place among the mid-size sedans. He achieved a rate of 97 percent for occupant protection for adults.
The NCAP examiners also praise the very good child occupant protection (87 percent). It also performed well in the safety systems (90 percent) and pedestrian protection (66 percent) categories.
The Tesla Model S took first place among business sedans with 94 and 91 percent for occupant protection (adults and children). Apart from him, no other vehicle tested in 2022 achieved the 98 percent quota for the equipment with safety systems. The Tesla model is also far ahead when it comes to foot safety (85 percent). Another Tesla model, the Model Y, is almost at the same level. The 4.75 meter long vehicle took first place in the SUV (“Small Off-Road”) category.
In first place among the large SUVs (“Large Off-Road”), the Wey Coffee 01 distinguished itself with very good ratings for child safety (87 percent) and safety systems (94 percent). Ora Funky Cat, also from China, took first place in the compact car category. For example, he came up with a rating of 92 percent for occupant protection for adults and 83 percent for child protection.
According to the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Euro NCAP is a consumer protection-oriented program for evaluating the safety of passenger cars, which is carried out by a consortium of European transport ministries, automobile clubs, insurance associations and research institutes. The program carries out crash tests with new types of cars and evaluates their safety.
