Mercedes has become the first automaker to conduct a public EV on EV frontal crash test to see what would happen if they collided with each other
When the European New Car Assessment Program crash tests vehicles, it runs them into a static block at a speed of 50 km/h . Mercedes wanted to prove that its new EQ vehicles are extremely safe, so it became the first automaker to conduct a public front overlap crash test between two EVs. In the most destructive joust imaginable, it launched an EQA and an EQS SUV at each other at a speed of 56 km/h , meaning that the vehicles' relative speed is 112 km/h .
Indeed, Mercedes says that the dummies used in this crash test — four of which were meant to simulate female occupants and one of which was intended to simulate a male passenger — all showed low risk of serious injuries. Meanwhile, Mercedes' EV safety systems worked, too. While the crash structure prevented serious damage to the cells, its multi-stage high-voltage protection concept prevented damage in the rest of the system.
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