Safety becomes important due to advancement of automobile functions and electric
Benz established safety technology center… Porsche drives 25 times the earth
(Los Angeles Reuters = Yonhap News) On the 23rd (local time) in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County sheriffs are dispatched to the scene of the car overturning accident of’Golf Emperor’ Tiger Woods that took place on the day to investigate. Woods, who was driving the Hyundai Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)’Genesis GV80′, injured several legs after the accident and was urgently transferred to the hospital for surgery. The police said the intact interior of the car acted as a cushion, allowing Woods to survive. It is reported that Woods borrowed it during his stay in Los Angeles after hosting the PGA Genesis Invitational Competition last week under the auspices of Hyundai Motor Company last week, with the words “GENESIS INTERNATIONAL” on the driver’s door. [email protected]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Hee-won = Not only the functions of automobiles become more sophisticated, but the speed of electrification is also accelerating, and the global automaker industry is working harder to improve the safety of vehicles.
Recently, it is reported that the Genesis GV80, which was driven by Tiger Woods of the’Golf Emperor’, has barely been damaged in the event of a rollover accident, and the industry and consumers are also interested in the safety of automobiles.
According to the industry on the 25th, Mercedes-Benz established the Automotive Safety Technology Center (TFS) in 2015 to conduct about 15,000 simulations and more than 150 crash tests on vehicles just before mass production.
The center is also conducting various tests to improve the safety of pure electric vehicles such as EQC.
Benz explained that it is using a prototype equipped with a large electric battery to conduct safety tests in cold or crash environments of minus 35 degrees Celsius.
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Porsche recently unveiled the durability test process of its first crossover utility vehicle (CUV) model, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, emphasizing safety.
Porsche has conducted tests in a variety of environments, such as driving 998,000,361 km, which is 25 laps of the earth in an off-road environment, and developed a vehicle that can drive safely regardless of weather conditions by applying the same test program to electric vehicles. He said he was doing.
Sweden’s Volvo, which is called’the synonym for safety’, has been running the’Safety Center Collision Lab’ for 20 years.
The Safety Center Collision Research Center is a place that reproduces extreme traffic accidents to improve vehicle safety, and is known to conduct crash tests with an average of one car scrapped every day.
Volvo’s safety was re-examined in July of last year due to an accident in which the XC90, on which the couple of announcers Park Ji-yoon and Choi Dong-seok, collided with a reverse-driving truck. At that time, the vehicle was greatly damaged, but the occupants were avoided seriously.
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Hyundai Motor, which has been constantly experiencing quality issues such as a series of fires from Kona Electric Vehicles (EVs), seems to be more focused on safety issues.
On the 23rd, Hyundai Motor Company emphasized that it minimized the deformation of the passenger compartment in the event of a collision by applying a collision load distribution structure to the front of the vehicle at the first unveiling of’Ioniq 5’based on an electric vehicle platform.
It also explained that aluminum reinforcement was applied to the battery protection section at the bottom of the vehicle for battery safety, and the cooling block was removed to prevent coolant from flowing into the battery.
In a New Year message last month, Chairman Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group emphasized quality and safety, saying, “All our activities are meaningless unless quality and safety, the first step to respecting customers, are secured.”
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Meanwhile, on the 23rd (local time), it was known that Tiger Woods was driving the Genesis GV80, who suffered a car rollover accident, and the safety of the GV80 was also spotlighted by foreign media.
LA Police said in an accident briefing that the car’s airbags were working properly and the interior of the car was basically undamaged.
The GV80 is equipped with 10 airbags, including the first application of a center side airbag in the front seat to prevent head injuries and collisions between occupants in the event of an accident.
Lee Hang-gu, a research fellow at the Korea Automobile Research Institute, said, “Hyundai Motor seems to have put a lot of effort into improving safety internally as it has experienced quality issues several times.”
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Meanwhile, the day before, Hyundai Motor Company announced its plan to recall a total of 81,701 units, including Kona EV, Ioniq EV, and Elexity Bus, from around the world, and began to restore customer trust.
Since its launch in 2018, KONA EV is reported to have had a total of 15 fires, including 11 domestic and 4 overseas.
Hyundai Motor Company said, “We plan to take corrective action promptly so that there is no inconvenience to customers,” and said, “We will continue to take our responsibilities until the end by putting customer safety first.”
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