An important accolade received the Tesla Model Y in the ANCAP rating system, who gave it five stars in safety, especially highlighting the protection of adult passengers.
ANCAP safety ratings are published for a range of new passenger vehicles, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and light commercial vehicles (LCVs), using a 0-5 star rating system.
ANCAP’s safety ratings are determined based on a series of internationally recognized independent crash tests and safety evaluations, including a series of destructive physical crash tests, an evaluation of onboard safety features and equipment, and safety tests. performance of active collision avoidance technologies.
Vehicles are evaluated in four key areas:
- Adult Occupant Protection (AOP)
- Child Occupant Protection (COP)
- Protection of vulnerable road users (VRU)
- Security Assistance (SA)
In these four parameters, this was the rating of the Tesla Model Y:
- Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) 97%
- Child Occupant Protection (COP) 89%
- Protection of vulnerable road users (VRU) 82%
- Security Assistance (SA) 98%
Similar cars that it managed to beat were the Toyota Yaris Cross, the Genesis GV60 and the Kia Niro.
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