LATEST EURO NCAP RESULTS FEATURE ELECTRIC CARS
Latest Euro NCAP after-effects affection electric cars Electric Mitsubishi i-MiEV is aboriginal adjoin the bank in latest Euro NCAP blast tests.
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is the aboriginal electric car to face Euro NCAP’s industry blast test. And there wasn’t a shock in store, as the four-seater supermini denticulate a aboveboard four brilliant rating, which is aggregate by its siblings, the Citroen C-Zero and Peugeot iOn.
The Euro NCAP tests are about the aforementioned as those accomplished by conventionally-powered cars, including a 40mph account bang crash, 31mph ancillary appulse and pole test, area the car is propelled alongside at 18mph into a adamant pole.
However, Euro NCAP’s analysis engineers do yield affliction to analyse the candor of the batteries afterwards anniversary blast and the activity of the array absolute about-face to ensure that the car doesn’t become a blaze hazard.
Euro NCAP has aswell been active sending a amount of new cars to the block. The Dacia Duster acquired affair with a almost poor three-star rating, with Euro NCAP acquainted “It is black that a mother aggregation like Renault does not accord assurance the aforementioned antecedence in Dacia cars as it does in cars awash beneath its own brand.”
In contrast, the Mitsubishi ASX, Nissan Juke and Hyundai ix20 all denticulate the best 5 stars, and Infiniti became the aboriginal architect to accept Euro NCAP’s new Advnaced accolade for its Lane Departure Prevention system.Â
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