Friday, March 4, 2011

Euro NCAP: electric cars get five stars

The consumer protection organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) has re-evaluated a number of vehicles in a crash test. It reached the identical Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars, and Peugeot Citroën C-Zero ion the top rating of five stars. Also received five stars were the Hyundai ix20, X1 Mitsubishi ASX, the Juke Nissan and BMW.

Largely because of significant weaknesses in assistance systems for pedestrian protection and it was enough for the Dacia Duster 4 × 4 only for three stars. This became known only optional and only available for certain models and the lack of ESP rear airbags negative impact. Infiniti won the special safety award "Advanced Reward" for the camera-based lane keeping assistant "Lane Departure Prevention (LDP) in the FX.

(Ampnet / jri)

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