In the Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) category, this vehicle weighing more than 2.6 tons was scored 36.07 out of 40 points.
According to data collected from dummies after two frontal collision tests at a speed of 64 km/h and side impact at a speed of 50 km/h, most of the key body parts of the driver and passenger Customers are guaranteed safety by the VF 8 at the "Good" or "Adequate" level. The airbag system deployed promptly, and the chassis and body structure were considered stable.
However, the minus point is that the ability to protect the driver's chest in a front collision situation is only rated "Marginal" because this part is more seriously injured.
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The driver's chest is at risk of more serious injury (Photo: ASEAN NCAP).
In the category of protecting passengers of 18-month-old and 3-year-old children, ASEAN NCAP gave an absolute score for 4 out of 5 evaluation criteria for VinFast VF 8, including the ability to stay safe in the event of a frontal collision. and body collision, child seat restraint system and technology to detect children left behind in the back seat. In summary, the car received 18.43 out of 20 points.
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The car has good child protection capabilities (Photo: ASEAN NCAP).
The remaining two categories are Safety Assistance System and Motorcyclist/Pedestrian Protection with scores of 20 out of 20 points and 15 out of 20 points respectively. The evaluation unit said that proactive driver assistance technologies such as automatic emergency braking or blind spot warning of VinFast VF 8 performed excellently in all given situations.
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The vehicle's active safety technologies work effectively (Photo: ASEAN NCAP).
The 5-star certification from ASEAN NCAP is not a surprising result when VinFast VF 8 is also distributed in regions with strict safety regulations such as North America and Europe. Previously, a VinFast VF 8 was thrown straight into the left side of a container truck at high speed, causing serious damage, but all occupants were "unharmed" thanks to the active airbag system. timely action - partly verifying the ability of this electric car model to protect passengers.
In Vietnam, VinFast VF 8 is currently the flagship product of the Vietnamese car company after all gasoline car lines were "discontinued". The car is sold with 2 versions: Eco and Plus, listed prices are 1,129 - 1,309 billion VND (without battery) and 1,459 - 1,639 billion VND (with battery), respectively. After a large number of deliveries at the end of last year, VinFast VF 8 had unimpressive sales with a total of 470 units in the first 2 months of 2023.
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