ANCAP has awarded the BYD Sealion 6 plug-in hybrid a five-star security ranking based mostly upon outcomes obtained from testing of the BEV equal offered in Europe, the BYD Seal-U and Australian-specific frontal offset (MPDB) and indirect pole checks.
Outcomes from the MPDB check of the PHEV variant are mentioned to have mirrored these achieved by the battery electrical variant, with excessive ranges of driver and front-seat passenger safety. Full factors had been awarded for important physique areas, except the driving force’s decrease legs which had been graded as Enough.
In assessing vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility, the BYD Sealion 6 offered a reasonable threat to oncoming automobiles within the frontal offset check. A 3.82-point penalty out of 8.00 factors was utilized.
Within the full width frontal check, most factors had been achieved for defense of the rear passenger. Safety of the driving force’s chest was graded as Enough.
Within the indirect pole check carried out on the PHEV, Good safety was provided to the pinnacle, stomach and pelvis of the driving force. An Enough degree of safety was recorded for the driving force’s chest.
This chest safety result’s barely poorer than that achieved by the battery electrical variant, which was assessed as Good.
The BYD Sealion 6 is fitted with an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system able to detecting and reacting to weak street customers corresponding to pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
Testing of this technique confirmed Good efficiency in AEB pedestrian, bicycle owner and motorbike check eventualities, with collisions averted or mitigated in most checks. Efficiency in reverse (AEB backover) eventualities was graded as Marginal.
The Sealion 6 is fitted with a bicycle owner anti-dooring system that gives data if a bicycle is approaching from the rear, nonetheless the data was not sufficiently early to be awarded factors for this operate.
General, the BYD Sealion 6 scored 88 per cent (35.51 out of 40 factors) within the Grownup Occupant Safety class, 86 per cent (42.52 out of 49 factors) within the Baby Occupant Safety class, 83 per cent (52.59 out of 63 factors) within the Susceptible Highway Person Safety class, and 75 per cent (13.64 out of 18 factors) within the Security Help class.
“The BYD steady continues to supply excessive ranges of security to its clients, with the Sealion 6 now becoming a member of the Dolphin, Seal and Atto 3 as five-star automobiles,” mentioned ANCAP chief govt officer Carla Hoorweg.
