HYUNDAI’S soon-to-be-launched Ioniq 6 electrical sedan has come up trumps within the European New Automotive Evaluation Program (Euro NCAP), which awarded the smooth four-door ‘Greatest in Class’ within the ‘Giant Household Automotive’ class.
Including kudos to the award was the truth that final 12 months was the unbiased car evaluation organisation’s busiest-ever 12 months with 66 new passenger vehicles assessed.
“This newest Euro NCAP ‘Greatest in Class’ 2022 title for Ioniq 6 follows on from final 12 months’s most five-star security ranking, and proves that it is among the most secure EVs on the European market,” stated Hyundai Motor Europe vp of promoting, product and PR Andreas-Christoph Hofmann.
“Hyundai is dedicated to offering all street customers with the best stage of security, whereas on the identical time providing progressive mobility options to our prospects. This newest accolade by Euro NCAP underscores our industry-leading place within the area of future mobility.”
Euro NCAP’s ‘Greatest in Class’ calculation is made through a weighted sum of the scores in every of the 4 areas of evaluation: Grownup occupant safety, youngster occupant safety, weak street person safety and security help.
Automobiles qualify for ‘Greatest in Class’ primarily based solely on their ranking with commonplace security tools and extra rankings primarily based on elective tools are excluded.
In line with a Euro NCAP assertion, the Ioniq 6 achieved “exceptionally excessive outcomes” for grownup occupant safety with a rating of 97 per cent, claiming first place within the class.
Additional reward for the Ioniq 6 was achieved within the area of kid occupant safety, the place it scored 87 per cent for offering good safety to all vital physique areas of each the six- and 10-year dummies within the frontal offset and aspect barrier checks to attain most factors in these elements of the evaluation.
The mannequin additionally achieved a excessive rating of 90 per cent for security help, being geared up as commonplace with Hyundai newest Good Sense know-how suite, which additionally permits the Ioniq 6 to qualify as a Stage 2 autonomous car.
Due in Australia quickly, the Ioniq 6 is constructed on the identical E-GMP devoted EV platform as stablemate Ioniq 5 that has been accessible for a few years, however is longer, sleeker, and extra aerodynamic.
It shares the identical battery and electrical motor {hardware} because the 5, with rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive choices and single or twin motors however can obtain higher power effectivity stats due to an ultra-low coefficient of drag of a mere 0.21Cd.
Hyundai claims the Ioniq 6 RWD will eat lower than 14kWh/100km on the WLTP cycle, a quantity that places it close to the highest of the listing of recent EVs on the subject of effectivity and enhances the automotive’s excessive stage of security.
