{"id":1892,"date":"2021-12-13T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:37:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:37:35","slug":"this-popular-electric-car-scored-zero-stars-in-crash-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1892","title":{"rendered":"This popular electric car scored zero stars in crash test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/931\/524\/zero-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Crash test video shows consequences of running a red light\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Crash test video shows consequences of running a red light<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Fatalities caused by red light runners are up 17% since 2012, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To drive the point home, IIHS used its crash testing facility to reenact an actual crash that occurred between a 2010 Ford F-150 pickup and a 2007 Chrysler Sebring sedan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Renault&#8217;s zero-emissions Zoe scored zero stars in the latest round of European crash testing.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/zero-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Renault Zoe scored zero stars in the latest Euro NCAP crash tests.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Renault Zoe scored zero stars in the latest Euro NCAP crash tests.<br \/>\n      (NCAP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The electric subcompact becomes just the third car to ever flunk the Euro NCAP evaluation while the Dacia Spring electric SUV from Renault&#8217;s Romanian division received just one star.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoe had previously earned a five-star rating in 2013 shortly after it was introduced to the market, but the testing regimen has changed in the years since.<\/p>\n<p>The head of NCAP suggested that the push to produces electric cars may be having a negative effect on safety efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Renault was once synonymous with safety,&#8221; Euro NCAP secretary general Michiel van Ratingen said in a statement issued to Reuters. &#8220;But these disappointing results for the ZOE and the Dacia Spring show that safety has now become collateral damage in the group&#8217;s transition to electric cars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/zero-2.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Zoe scored poorly on driver, child passenger and pedestrian safety.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Zoe scored poorly on driver, child passenger and pedestrian safety.<br \/>\n      (Euro NCAP)<\/p>\n<p>Renault responded by saying the Zoe is safe and met all regulatory safety standards.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/640\/320\/zero-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Renault Zoe costs approximately $26,000 in France and has a range rating up to 245 miles per charge on the European test cycle.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Renault Zoe costs approximately $26,000 in France and has a range rating up to 245 miles per charge on the European test cycle.<br \/>\n      (Renault)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These standards are constantly evolving and are becoming more and more strict in all areas, especially in terms of security,&#8221; the company added. &#8220;Renault is therefore continually improving its offer in order to comply with the regulations applicable where its vehicles are sold.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The Zoe is the third-best selling electric vehicle in Europe so far this year behind the Tesla Model 3 and VW ID.3, according to Statista, and has a starting price of approximately $26,000 in Renault&#8217;s home country of France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Crash test video shows consequences of running a red light Fatalities caused by red light runners are up 17% since 2012, according to a new study from the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}