Rimac has conducted final crash tests on the 1914-horsepower Nevera electric hypercar, which will complete the certification of the model in the US and European markets. Despite the fact that the cost of one car is two million dollars, the creators of the hypercar conducted 45 technical tests, in which ten prototypes participated. As a… More
Euro NCAP has checked the safety of the new German electric car Mercedes-Benz EQS. The car passed all tests and received the highest mark. The 2021 Mercedes-Benz EQS electric sedan has earned a maximum five stars for safety in crash tests from Euro NCAP. The electric car received 96% for the protection of adult passengers,… More
Experts from the independent organization Latin NCAP, which are testing cars for the Latin American market, have conducted a series of crash tests on the fourth generation KIA Sportage. In the basic configuration, the crossover is equipped with two airbags and an anti-lock braking system. As a result of collisions with obstacles imitating cars, Sportage… More
The American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awards crash-test models with the highest Top Safety Pick rating, but the new Ford Bronco will not get it. The SUV performed poorly in safety tests: in a rear-end collision, the car seats do not provide sufficient protection for passengers. The headlights of the Bronco were also… More
The independent organization Latin NCAP has tested the safety of the Hyundai Tucson in a series of crash tests, with disappointing results. A crossover of the previous, fourth generation, which is still sold in South America, took part in the tests. Experts recognized the car as extremely unsafe: according to the results of tests by… More
Specialists of the independent association Latin NCAP conducted another series of crash tests, during which they checked the safety of Fiat Argo and Cronos. The hatchback and sedan, which debuted in the Latin American market in 2017, earned zero ratings for being highly unsafe vehicles. Moreover, both models showed the worst pedestrian protection since the… More
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has tested the safety of Hyundai’s new frameless Santa Cruz pickup. The IIHS test program includes: 64 km / h frontal impact with 25% overlap; frontal impact at 64 km / h with 40% overlap; side impact; bench tests of seats (imitation of a rear impact); roof roll-over… More
The independent Latin NCAP test organization for the Latin American market has conducted crash tests on the Suzuki Baleno hatchback. During a safety check, the compact model performed appallingly, demonstrating the vulnerability of occupants during collisions. At the same time, the specialists did not begin to complete the tests of the model, since there are… More
The crash test (video) of the newest hatchback Tata Punch, conducted by Global NCAP, brought the newcomer five stars for adult protection: 16.45 points out of 17 possible. Child Protection is rated four stars (40.89 out of 49), but Punch still performed better than the Mahindra XUV300, which earned the same number of stars but… More
After analyzing the recordings of onboard cameras after thousands of accidents, Tesla engineers found that standard crash tests are good, but not always relevant. Therefore, as part of an internal test, the Model Y crossover was hit in the front end tangentially. Standard crash tests of respected organizations such as NHTSA and IIHS (USA), as… More