Electrical automobile (EV) fashions produced by South Korea’s Hyundai Motor and Kia have obtained prime rankings in main world automobile crash security checks, the automakers stated on Sunday.
Based on the businesses, 5 Hyundai and Kia EV fashions utilising the E-GMP, Hyundai Motor Group’s proprietary EV platform, achieved the best score of 5 stars within the European New Automobile Evaluation Programme, reviews Yonhap information company.
The fashions are the Genesis GV60, Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6, and Kia’s EV6 and EV9.
The identical fashions additionally obtained top-tier rankings in crash evaluations performed by the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS) in the US.
The GV60, Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 and EV6 had been awarded the celebrated Prime Security Choose (TSP) Plus score, whereas the EV9 earned the Prime Security Choose score, indicating excessive ranges of security.
In final yr’s IIHS crash evaluations, 20 Hyundai Motor Group automobiles achieved TSP or increased rankings, marking the best quantity amongst world automotive teams.
The lately launched Kia EV3, which additionally makes use of the E-GMP platform, has not but undergone security evaluations in Europe and the U.S.
“Hyundai Motor Group will proceed to speculate vital efforts in analysis and improvement to make sure the best degree of security for passengers in all facets,” a gaggle official stated.
In the meantime, automotive corporations in South Korea are pushing ahead with their new electrical automobile launch schedules regardless of public considerations over EV security, with key gamers actively campaigning to debunk unsubstantiated myths surrounding protected charging practices.
The newest fears surrounding EVs started after a spontaneous hearth that started in a parked Mercedes-Benz EV worn out a whole underground parking storage inside an residence complicated in Incheon, 27 kms west of Seoul, whereas damaging over 100 automobiles.
Hyundai Motor and Kia stated that their EV batteries are designed to be protected even when charged to 100 per cent, with the interior battery administration system monitoring and controlling any points which will come up.
