Safest Electric Cars Around World
The top safest electric cars in the world focus on advanced safety, occupant protection, and driver assist features for the safest driving experience.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducts crash tests to evaluate the safety performance of these electric cars. Crash tests are the most reliable way to determine how well a vehicle can ensure safety in a collision, while evaluation of safety equipment provides peace of mind and a low risk of injury.
The NHTSA conducts several tests including front, side, and rollover crash tests, and assigns an overall safety rating out of 5 stars to each vehicle in addition to an individual score for each test.
1. Tesla Model 3
Every Tesla vehicle is engineered to provide maximum safety. The Model 3 is one of the top safest electric cars ever tested by NHTSA.
Tesla Model 3 has received a perfect 5-star safety rating in every category and sub-category from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Its tests have also revealed that the Tesla Model 3 has achieved the lowest probability of injury of any vehicle ever tested by NHTSA.
Model 3 has a strong architecture and powertrain along with a strong, rigid passenger compartment, fortified battery pack, and a low center of gravity. These safety fundamentals help in preventing intrusion into the cabin and battery modules, reduce rollover risk and optimize to absorb energy more efficiently.
Model 3 and Model Y are basically developed on the same platform and this shared architecture is fundamentally important in the safety of both vehicles.
2. Tesla Model Y
Tesla Model Y has also earned a 5-star safety rating in every category from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Model Y also has the same structural architecture that makes Model 3 so safe. The energy-absorbing side sills, fortified battery pack mounted low in the vehicle to reduce rollover risk, and a rigid metal body structure that can withstand many times the vehicle’s weight.
Tesla Model Y also comes with standard advanced crash avoidance and pedestrian protection features like Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning Forward Collision Warning, etc.
3. Polestar 2
The Polestar 2 has received a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in individual test categories including frontal crash, side crash, and rollover as well.
Polestar 2 is equipped with the latest safety features forward collision warning, a lane departure warning system, a driver alert function, road assist, and autonomous emergency braking. It also has a Front Lower Load Path that absorbs energy from a crash and a body structure designed specifically to deflect objects like the wheels and suspension away from the cabin and the battery pack.
4. Volvo XC90 Recharge
The Volvo XC90 Recharge has received a five-star rating from the NHTSA for every crash test except the rollover test. It received a four-star rollover rating.
Volvo XC90 is equipped with safety features like ABS, EBD, stability control, and traction control, it also gets seven airbags including a driver knee bag and side curtain airbags. It is also equipped with numerous assists like adaptive cruise control, front and rear park sensors, blind-spot monitoring, hill start assist, run-off-road mitigation, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection, and a semi-autonomous driving suite with Pilot Assist.
5. Volkswagen ID.4
Volkswagen ID.4 has received a five-star overall safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It has received a four-star rating in the rollover crash test and a five-star safety rating in the frontal and side crash tests.
ID.4 has safety features like adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking, and pedestrian and cyclist detection. It also is equipped with other features like blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, lane keep assist, road sign recognition, travel assist, emergency assist, front and rear parking sensors, and automated parking.
6. Kia Niro Electric
Kia Niro Electric has earned an overall five-star rating from the NHTSA. But it has received a four-star rating in its rollover crash test.
NHTSA has measured a high passenger dummy chest acceleration injury value during frontal crash testing and a rollover risk of 12.10 percent. Such a high value usually indicates a higher risk of chest injury during a crash.
Standard safety features of the Kia Niro include Lane Keep Assist, Blind Spot Collision Warning, Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Rear Cross Traffic Collision Warning, Pedestrian Detection, Driver Attention Warning, Navigation Based Smart Cruise Control, and Highway Driving Assist.
7. Audi E-Tron
The Audi E-Tron has received an overall five-star rating from the NHTSA. However, it has received a 4-star safety rating in the frontal barrier test.
Audi e-tron has safety features like blind-spot monitoring and vehicle exit warning, lane departure warning, front and rear parking sensors, a rearview camera, collision detection, automatic emergency braking, a pedestrian detection system, and airbags.
It uses the Audi pre-sense technology that keeps the passengers safe by monitoring the road around the vehicle and giving alerts when things are unsafe. If the passenger does not respond to the alerts, the safety system takes control and stops the vehicle by using automatic braking.
8. Chevrolet Bolt EV
Chevrolet Bolt EV has earned an overall five-star safety rating from the NHTSA. However, it has received just a four-star safety rating in frontal crash tests.
It is equipped with safety features like StabiliTrak electronic stability control system, low speed forward automatic braking, lane keep assist with departure warning, forward collision alert and automatic braking when needed, a following distance indicator, front pedestrian braking, and a high beam system that turns on and off automatically taking care of night driving safety.
9. Hyundai Ioniq 5
The Ioniq 5 has received an overall five-star rating from the NHTSA. But, it has received only a four-star rating in both the passenger and driver-side frontal crash tests.
Ioniq 5 has a sturdy body frame and impressive safety features such as lane departure warning, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, blind spot assist, a driver attention warning system, a smart cruise control system, a rear cross-traffic assist, and a safe exit assist.
10. Nissan Leaf
The Nissan Leaf has received an overall five-star rating from the NHTSA. In individual tests, it has received a four-star rating in the frontal and rollover crash test and a five-star rating in the side crash test.
Nissan Leaf has safety features like forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection, rear automatic braking, blind-spot and rear cross-traffic warning systems, and lane-keeping assist. It also has a ProPilot assist system which includes an advanced adaptive cruise control system with automated steering control for the highway as well as a driver inattention warning system.
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