Stockholm: Volvo Cars on Wednesday said it is all set to unveil its first fully electric car, XC40 SUV, equipped with a new safety structure for passengers and battery alike, on October 16.
When launched next month, the Volvo XC40 SUV will be one of the safest cars on the road, despite a fresh set of challenges presented by the absence of an internal combustion engine, the Swedish car-maker said.
"Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe," Malin Ekholm, Head of Safety at Volvo Cars, said in a statement.
"The fully electric XC40 will be one of the safest cars we have ever built", it said.
While building on the safety standards of the original XC40, Volvo Cars safety engineers had to completely redesign and reinforce the frontal structure to deal with the absence of an engine.
"The fundamentals around safety are the same for this car as for any other Volvo. People are inside, and the car needs to be designed to be safe for them," Ekholm said.
To help keep passengers safe and the battery intact in the event of a collision, Volvo Cars also developed a new and unique safety structure for passengers and battery alike in the XC40.
The battery is protected by a safety cage which consists of a frame of extruded aluminum and has been embedded in the middle of the car's body structure, creating a built-in crumple zone around the battery.
The battery's placement in the floor of the car also has the benefit of lowering the centre of gravity of the car, for better protection against roll-overs.
Meanwhile, the car's body structure has not just been reinforced in the front, but also at the rear. Here, the electric powertrain has been integrated in the body structure to realise a better distribution of collision forces away from the cabin and reduce the strain on people inside the car.
The battery-powered XC40 is the first Volvo model equipped with a new Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) sensor platform with software developed by Zenuity, the joint venture company owned by Volvo Cars and Veoneer.
The new ADAS platform is a modern, scalable active safety system that consists of an array of radars, cameras and ultrasonic sensors, Volvo Cars said.
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