EV Fan
08-04-2014, 04:32 AM
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/range-of-ratings-small-car-ratings-run-the-gamut-in-challenging-small-overlap-front-test) announced today that it has completed tests of 32 small cars for its “small overlap front crash protection.” The results for plug-ins were mixed, with the Chevrolet Volt earning an “acceptable” rating, and the Nissan LEAF electric car getting a “poor” rating. The new small overlap test, introduced in 2012, replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another car or an object such as a tree.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/small-evs-perform-well-most-not-all-crash-tests-129974.html)
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/range-of-ratings-small-car-ratings-run-the-gamut-in-challenging-small-overlap-front-test) announced today that it has completed tests of 32 small cars for its “small overlap front crash protection.” The results for plug-ins were mixed, with the Chevrolet Volt earning an “acceptable” rating, and the Nissan LEAF electric car getting a “poor” rating. The new small overlap test, introduced in 2012, replicates what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another car or an object such as a tree.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/small-evs-perform-well-most-not-all-crash-tests-129974.html)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PluginCars/~4/Mxft6VyGKZ0
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PluginCars/~3/Mxft6VyGKZ0/small-evs-perform-well-most-not-all-crash-tests-129974.html)