Fiat 500e EV gets four-star ANCAP rating – in New Zealand
The fiat500ebilled as the Italian brand’s first electric car in Australia, failed to score five stars in the ANCAP test.
The city tram received a 4-star rating, with a score of 78% for adult protection, 79% for child protection and 67% for safety assistance.
Scores of 80 percent, 80 percent, and 70 percent are required in these respective categories for a vehicle to earn five stars.
The 500e also received a score of 67% for its ability to protect vulnerable road users.
ANCAP marked marginal performance for the driver’s chest protection in the front yaw test and for the driver and rear passenger’s chest in the full-width front test. it gave 500e a poor score for chest protection of a 10-year-old dummy in the side impact test.
The safety agency also noted that occupants in the front seats moved across the cabin (so-called ‘excursions’) during the far oblique column test due to the lack of a central airbag, “with a significant risk including the head in contact with the entry door”.
Therefore, 500e is marginally and poorly rated to prevent excursion behaviour.
Fiat has yet to confirm local 500e specs first launch in the first half of 2023but in New Zealand, it comes standard with automatic emergency braking, driver fatigue monitoring and lane-keeping assist.
The 500e can also have adaptive cruise control and lane centering.
Five stars have become the norm in ANCAP testing, with only a handful of vehicles not receiving all five stars under the upcoming 2020-22 testing protocol.
Do they include the star? Mitsubishi Expressfour stars Citroen C4 (and related Opel Mokka in New Zealand), and four stars Hyundai Palisade which was later retested and received five stars.
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