It seems that every time the Volvo brand is mentioned, "safety" must be mentioned. In the crash tests at home and abroad, there are countless vehicles that Volvo has scored 5 stars. How safe is Volvo and why can it be synonymous with "car safety"?
▲? Naked test still performed well.
Recently, the circle of friends has been frequently screened by SAIC Volkswagen Passat's China Insurance Research Collision Test. Passat's 25% frontal offset crash score is the bottom of all the tested B-class cars, which is surprising. In fact, this test standard was established as early as eight years ago, but unfortunately, China Insurance Research Institute was established late, and domestic users did not understand the "true face" behind it, which eventually led to inconsistent crash test results of many vehicles at home and abroad. But Volvo's models are different. Domestic and imported models have been banned from "testing"!
As early as August 20 12, IIHS launched the small? Overlapping collision test, that is, 25% frontal offset collision in China. This new test method makes all new cars look like being thrown into the examination room for naked test (the conventional test at that time was 40% partial collision). From the actual test results, the newly launched frontal 25% crash test poses new challenges to most vehicles, especially the first wave of test vehicles, and many luxury brands also performed poorly, but only Volvo S60, XC60 and Acura TL passed the test with good results, and other vehicles came to the bottom one after another.
In fact, Volvo's previous generation products not only performed well, but also the current generation products continued the high safety characteristics of previous models. Taking the 2065 438+07 IIHS test as an example, Volvo's new generation XC60 won the "Top Class" again. Safe? Pick? +"(top safety car+) evaluation, this honor means that XC60 has stood in the benchmark position in the field of automobile safety. (Note: The exhaust vibration problem of Volvo XC60 is caused by congenital structure, which is not within the scope of safety crash test standard).
In addition, according to the latest crash test results of domestic Volvo XC60 released by China Insurance Research Institute, the safety indicators of occupants and outsiders in the test items are G-rated. Among them, in 25% frontal offset collisions, the deformation of the A-pillar of XC60 is not serious, and the wheels do not invade the passenger compartment too much. Moreover, the dummy was well restrained and protected by the airbag and the side air curtain, and finally achieved a good score of all G, while the side impact also achieved a score of all G, which was consistent with the foreign IIHS test results. This achievement is inseparable from the unified internal and external manufacturing standards and the support of Volvo Car Safety Center.
▲? How crashworthy Volvo is has been tried.
According to official data, Volvo Safety Center is one of the most expensive investments in Swedish industrial history. It was put into use in April, 2000. It is the world's largest automobile safety technology testing ground with the most advanced testing equipment in the world. The center has kept the data of vehicle collision since 1960s, and its main function is to simulate and reproduce various accident scenes. In the safety center, in addition to the collision between a single car and two cars at different angles, various experiments such as tumbling, side collision, rear-end truck collision, building collision and mountain collision can also be carried out.
If the collision safety centers of most automobile brands pursue good results in various collision tests, then Volvo Car Safety Center is absolutely paranoid about providing as many safety guarantees as possible for passengers and even passers-by under all real road conditions. Therefore, in order to evaluate the consequences caused by various road deviation accidents, Volvo took the lead in proposing three vehicle testing methods based on real accident data: ravines, winds and rugged terrain, so as to restore the real data of vehicles and drivers as much as possible, reflecting Volvo's emphasis on automobile safety.
▲? Volvo affects the travel safety of the automobile industry.
In addition to the car test itself, Volvo is also actively opening up the research data accumulated for many years, such as in "E.V.A? Volvo Safety Equality Action opened a central digital library to share the research data of automobile safety for 60 years to the whole industry for free. Thanks to these massive data, Volvo has created virtual crash test dummies of different genders and sizes, which makes it easier to grasp the cause of the accident and develop more applicable safety protection technologies.
In addition, Volvo has joined the pilot project of * * * sharing road safety data in Europe, which aims at * * * sharing road safety data to improve road safety, among which Volvo provided its first danger warning light and early warning safety technology for wet roads.
As early as 1976 and 10, Volvo's achievements in safety standards were recorded in a publication, which has had a far-reaching impact on collision laws in the United States and Europe until now. This publication describes that NHTSA purchased 24 Volvo cars at that time and conducted a series of crash tests to set the safety standards for future cars. It is not difficult to see that Volvo's safety has long been ahead of the automobile industry.
▲? Active security configuration is standard for all departments!
Autonomous driving is undoubtedly the general direction of the future development of the automobile industry, and Volvo is a well-deserved "leader" in the field of active safety and autonomous driving. The new generation Volvo XC90, which was born in 20 14, became the world's first production car with highly automatic driving assistance. Is the vehicle equipped with a driver The Assist automatic driving assistance system can start the automatic driving assistance function at the speed of 50 km/h. It should be known that until 20 18, many manufacturers' automatic driving systems are still in the research and development stage, far from being applied to production vehicles.
Will Volvo become an urban security system city? The measures of safety equipment on all models have promoted the development of driving safety in the automobile industry. City? The Safe City Safety System is a collection of all automatic braking functions of Volvo, including pedestrian monitoring, collision warning and active braking. Since its launch in 2008, the system has been at the forefront of the automobile industry. The system can not only help drivers to detect motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles in front in the environment with poor visibility at night, but also identify large animals such as elk and horses, further improving driving safety.
▲? If you don't know boron steel, don't say you know Volvo very well.
Some people say that Volvo cars have a particularly high proportion of boron steel, so they are safe. In fact, this statement is only half right. Generally speaking, boron steel uses conscience and ability, but Volvo uses boron steel. Take Volvo XC90 as an example, the utilization rate of boron steel accounts for nearly 40% of the body in white. Judging from the red and blue distribution in the above picture, its ultra-high strength thermoformed boron steel is distributed in almost all areas of the cockpit.
In other words, Volvo XC90 uses thermoformed boron steel in the A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar, middle passage, lower threshold and pedal area in front of the driver and co-pilot. When you open the door, all the parts hidden in the upper, lower, left and right door frames of the door, the pedal area under the foot and the lower part of the central armrest are hot-formed steel with strength as high as 1500Mpa. There is only one advantage. In the event of a collision, the impact force is effectively transmitted to beams, columns and other protective components. The impact force is dispersed and absorbed by these components, and the passenger compartment is not easy to deform, which better protects the safety of the passengers in the car.
Summary of "I Have a Car": In China market in 20 19, the cumulative sales volume of Volvo brand was 154900, up by 18.7% year-on-year, which was in sharp contrast to the continuous cold winter environment in the automobile market. But to some extent, this kind of achievement was also achieved through the way of "exchanging price for quantity", and its long-term chaotic price system made early car buyers suffer greatly. However, Volvo's models are really worth buying, and the high safety behind them is still ahead of industry standards. It is only suggested that interested users can wait until the price is stable before buying. "I have a car" has more original new car/price reduction market reports. Come and get the first-hand information about buying a car!
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