When it comes to the safety of SAIC Volkswagen new energy vehicles, the first thing that comes to mind is the SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X, which has refreshed the safety test record of China Insurance Research. However, it is not the SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X that sets the safety benchmark for new energy vehicles this time, but the SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 that looks cute and fierce. Just last month, in order to test the safety of the car, China Automobile Research and Automobile Collision Laboratory conducted a 60km/h platform rolling car test for SAIC Volkswagen ID.3.
Many netizens may have heard of China Insurance Research Institute security test, and have also heard of authoritative NHTSA and IIHS evaluations, but they are unfamiliar with the 60km/h platform rolling actual car test. In fact, the two authoritative evaluation agencies of NHTSA and IIHS have previously added the evaluation of vehicle rolling situation to the test project, but in the past they have been tested for traditional fuel vehicles and have not been tested for new energy vehicles. This time, the test for SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 can be said to be the first relevant test for new energy vehicles in China.
To be honest, this is a great challenge and opportunity for SAIC Volkswagen ID.3. Winning will make consumers and the market look at it with admiration, giving SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 a chance to sprint for higher sales in the automotive field; losing will likely make SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 completely lose the market. Fortunately, SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 has withstood the test and achieved good results.
It is reported that in the end, SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 has achieved "excellent" evaluation results in structural performance, functional performance and constraint system performance. This reminds everyone of the previous full-optimal safety test results of SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X. Is this the common feature of the SAIC Volkswagen ID. series?
So, how difficult is this test? First of all, everyone should understand that car rolling accidents are one of the most uncontrollable types of accidents at present, and are very different from other collision accidents because there are many reasons for rolling and complex causes. You should know that there are more special situations that occur during the rolling process, which are related to factors such as terrain, road traffic structure elements (such as geographic areas, slopes, guardrails, etc.) and the driving status of the car (speed, driving angle, etc.). Therefore, it is very difficult for car companies to predict and reproduce the rolling motion of the car, and the safety of the vehicle is higher.
More importantly, SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 is still an electric car . It should be noted that during the rolling process, electric cars are easily damaged by accidents. Once the battery cell in the battery pack is squeezed or punctured, it is very likely to damage the battery and cause thermal runaway, causing the car to spontaneously ignite. Moreover, the rolling test speed conducted by SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 this time is higher than that in the US standard FMVSS208. Although the speed has increased by 12 per hour, the difficulty coefficient can be said to be increased geometrically.
It is under such a rigorous test that the roof of SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 after rolling, A column , B columns and C columns did not break. At the same time, the doors of SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 can not only open normally, but all dummies in the car have low damage values on the head, neck, chest and thighs. This result is really impossible to find out. Moreover, after the collision, the battery pack of SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 did not catch fire, spontaneous combustion or explosion, thus achieving excellent results, which shows how safe it is.
In short, SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 has once again set a safety benchmark for domestic new energy vehicles, and has also provided rich technical data accumulation for the security of new energy vehicles. It has even promoted the formulation of a safety evaluation method for automobile rolling safety suitable for China's road traffic environment, thereby improving the safety of cars in rolling accidents. So, when you want to buy a daily pure electric car for transportation, do you know how to choose?
