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CDA
January 23, 2023
Euro NCAP has just compiled the safest cars of 2022 according to the car tests it has carried out during the year.
Safety, apart from the usual electrification, is one of the great concerns of manufacturers when designing a car. To validate the safety of new cars in Europe, as you know, there is Euro NCAP, an independent organization that subjects newly launched cars to various tests. crash tests to assess its safety.
The safest cars of 2022
This recently finished 2022 has not been an exception and the organization has just communicated which have been the cars that have finished the year with the best grade. Euro NCAP chooses the safest cars of the year based on their results in the cfour main types of protection: adult occupant, child occupant, vulnerable road users and security assistants.
- Small Family Car – Ora Funky Cat
Small car safety has improved dramatically in recent years, and many compact models are more than capable of keeping up with larger vehicles. In this category, the Now Funky Cat takes the cake.
It was one of many Chinese cars tested by Euro NCAP in 2022, with the Funky Cat being one of the first to arrive in Europe. This compact electric utility outperformed many other big name vehicles and impressed NCAP as being “exceptionally well-equipped” in terms of safety features.
- Large family car – Hyundai Ioniq 6
The only established brand that appears in the list of the safest cars of 2022 is Hyundai, with its new Ioniq 6. It is the first family car of the brand that draws attention for its level of technology and its aerodynamic shapes.
Euro NCAP has been particularly impressed with the Korean model, stating that “achieved exceptionally high results”, especially in the adult occupant protection category, where it scored 97 percent. In various individual evaluations on the protection of children in the event of an accident, it also received the highest marks.
- Executive saloon – Tesla Model S
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Although the Model S will soon celebrate a decade on the market and with this new generation it continues to lead the sector. Has been rated as the best model in the “pure electric” category. Euro NCAP has called it a “high achiever” and applauded its score of 98 percent for adult occupant protection.
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- Small SUV – Tesla Model Y
Tesla has achieved impressive results in Euro NCAP testing in 2022 and the brand’s new SUV, Model Y, has also been named best-in-class in the popular small SUV segment. The Tesla model has achieved a adult occupant protection rate of 98 percent,
- Large SUV – Wey Coffee 01
The winner of the large SUV category is another Chinese car you’ve probably never heard of: the Wey Coffee 01. Unlike other models on this list, this is not an electric vehicle, but rather a plug-in hybrid with an electric range of 145 km, nearly triple that of many other PHEVs. According to Euro NCAP, this model from Wey also “performed well in all categories.”
