The Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Genesis Electrified GV70 have received the very best Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
For 2023, Top Safety Pick+ award winners should earn the very best “Good” rating within the IIHS’ driver-side small overlap entrance, passenger-side small overlap entrance, unique average overlap entrance (a excessive rating on the up to date model of this check is not required), and aspect crash exams.
2023 Genesis Electrified GV70
Award winners should even have headlights rated “Acceptable” or “Good” as normal tools on all trim ranges, and front-crash prevention methods with the highest “Superior” or second-tier “Advanced” score in daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian collision avoidance testing.
The Ioniq 6 and Electrified GV70 be part of a handful of different EVs on the 2023 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ record, together with the Rivian R1T, Subaru Solterra, Tesla Model Y, and Volkswagen ID.4. The Lexus RZ echoes the crash-test efficiency of the Toyota bZ4X—nevertheless it skips the bZ4X’s base LED projector headlights that held that mannequin again from the record.
2024 Kia EV9
The Hyundai Ioniq 5, which shares its E-GMP platform with the Ioniq 6, amongst others, was named a Top Safety Pick+ for 2022. The crash-test efficiency automobiles based mostly on the E-GMP platform bodes nicely for the 2024 Kia EV9, which is due for the U.S. market later this 12 months. Kia additionally plans to start assembling the EV9 at its West Point, Georgia, manufacturing facility in 2024.
The Electrified GV70 is an all-electric model of the gasoline Genesis GV70 crossover. But in contrast to the gasoline variants, the Electrified GV70 is now being in-built Montgomery, Alabama. Both the Kia and Genesis U.S. manufacturing strikes are a response to the revamped federal EV tax credit score, which mandates U.S. meeting for qualifying automobiles.
Source: www.greencarreports.com
