Nissan announced that its Ariya has been awarded with the IIHS 2023 Top Safety Pick+ title. Started its electric vehicle journey with the launch of the LEAF in 2010. Nissan is one of the pioneer electric vehicle automakers. But the second all-electric vehicle, Nissan Ariya, seems to be a game changer for the company.
Despite the strict criteria, Ariya won the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety’s (IIHS) 2023 Top Safety Pick+. Along that the electric SUV earned the highest rating with a strong crash test performance, headlight evaluation and advanced safety tech.
To Achieve the title, Vehicles have to pass the severe test. Like it must score a “Good” rating in driver and passenger side small overlap, original moderate overlap front and updated side-impact crash test. Along that headlights for the vehicles must earn a “Good” or “Acceptable” rating across all trims. Further a “Advanced” or “Superior” rating is needed to achieve in daytime and nighttime testing of pedestrian front crash prevention systems.
Ariya represents the best of Nissan advanced engineering.” said Nissn senior VP of US sales, Michael Colleran. He further added that receiving the top IIHS rating “gives costumes added peace of mind when considering Ariya as their next vehicle.”
If considering the Nissan Ariya features it will come with Nissan Safety shield 360. That consists of the six active safety features – automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning, lane departure warning, rear automatic braking, rear cross traffic alert and high beam assist.
The Nissan also offers a wide range of trims along the front and all-wheel drive options. There are two battery pack options- 63 kWh or 87 kWh. And up to 304 miles range per charger. Further it also includes the steering assist and intelligent cruise control as a standard driver-assist technology. Provided ProPILOT Assist 2.0 offers hands-free driving under certain conditions.
Till present Nissan has delivered an estimated 10,000 Ariya models through September. But the new achievement of the electric SUV can be one of the gearing factors for the upcoming sales.
