Although that the electric Mitsubishi “I-MiEV”, Citroen “C-Zero” and the Peugeot “Ion” different only by a sign on the hood, concern PSA Peugeot Citroen could save on crash test Euro NCAP and had to break all three electric vehicle separately. We must say that I-MiEV of Mitsubishi and its clones have successfully completed this test.
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Most awarded electric car – Nissan Leaf passed safety tests with the hybrid Chevrolet Volt at the highest rating for “good” according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Representative of company Russ Rader inform the journalists, that both electric car was awarded Top Pick, awarding for the highest level of security.
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As promised, Volvo has demonstrated an important safety aspect of electric cars, with an unusual and very visual way at an auto show in Detroit. On the stand Volvo demonstrated its C30 Electric, which has stand head-on crash at 64 km / h (40 miles / hour). Crash test of car was in December 2010.
«C30 Electric matches to the growing demands of today’s buyers interested in reducing of carbon dioxide reducing.
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After smashing at a speed 56 km / h on a deformable barrier with 40-percent ceiling the compact town developed T.27 electric British Gordon Murray Design, the results are very good – the power structure of the interior practically remained intact. The test is also interesting in that the machine body is completed with combination monocoque. According to the developers of the project, the results of full-scale crash test basically coincided with the virtual tests conducted previously on the computer.
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