Mercedes-Benz staged a public crash test with two EVs to show that electrification isn't compromising safety.
A flash of light, a big bang, and it’s over. Two SUVs lie askew on a patch of concrete, a debris field scattered between them. They’ve just been in a head-on collision, the moment captured by high-speed cameras aided by blindingly bright lights. That’s what a successful day looks like at the Mercedes-Benz crash-test lab in Sindelfingen, Germany.
Related Safer cars regardless of what powers them From a lack of engine noise to swapping gas pumps for chargers, EVs are changing a lot about the driving experience that we take for granted. But safety has to remain the same. High safety standards are mandatory in most major markets, and it’s become a major selling point for automakers that know customers will pay a premium for a car with the highest safety ratings.
Safety still starts with the structure Mercedes has fielded some notable safety innovations over the years, becoming the first automaker to add crumple zones to production cars in 1959. But there’s no technological silver bullet for making EVs safer. Engineers approach EV crash protection the same way as with gasoline cars, by designing the vehicle’s structure to absorb and disperse crash forces.Take the front end.
Lights, camera, destruction All of these features are about to be put to the test. We’re standing on an observation platform in the warehouse-like crash-test facility. Below, a Mercedes EQS SUV and an EQA face off. They’ll be pulled into each other by cables in the floor at 35 mph before colliding with a 50% offset. That means about half of the front end of each car will overlap.
Like all modern cars, the Mercedes EVs are designed to shed parts and sacrifice sheet metal to keep the forces of an impact from reaching the people inside. The amount of wreckage makes the scene look pretty bad, but actual drivers and passengers would have likely avoided serious injuries, according to the Mercedes engineers.
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