Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF Most Secure When Collision

If now there are many who doubt the security of electric car battery safety, especially when the collision occurred, duet Chevrolet Volt electric car and Nissan LEAF prove toughness. Two cars were tested in crash tests and a car that has a high security level for electric cars.

In testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, an electric car this duo managed to prove themselves and achieve the Top Safety Picks.

Safety tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety includes simulated various types of collisions and injury collisions ranging from front, side, back to the simulation when the vehicle rolled over (rollover).

To achieve the Top Safety Picks assessment test car had to prove themselves to protect occupants well and achieve good scores and have electronic stability control as standard.

The performance of both vehicles quite extraordinary. From the measurement of injuries from crash tests earlier, Volt to be ranked slightly lower because the passenger Volt simulation mannequins filled by a broken rib, this same result when the collision incident occurred in the real world. LEAF Nissan was also not getting good value here.

Accidents in the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt suspected to be a little scary because they tend to heavy weights. When the IIHS classifies the dimensions in terms of both the small car, in terms of both weight even get into the middle class.

In comparison, the Nissan LEAF weighs 3370 pounds, heavier than the Nissan Altima which weighs just 3200 pounds. While the Chevrolet Volt weighs approximately 3760 pounds, heavier than the Chevrolet Impala that only weighs 3580 pounds and are classified as large cars.

And although many parties expressed concern about high voltage electricity system in both time of the accident, the battery pack in the second car, a fully charged during the test, not damaged in the test, and auto-shutdown feature that releases high-voltage batteries to perform the work. No electrical or fire hazard is detected.