We all know the work that EuroNCAP does on our continent. It is the body in charge of ensure vehicle safety that are sold, which performs the pertinent tests to evaluate them. The stars of your ranking have a great impact and everyone is looking for the five that show the highest score. now announce the EuroNCAP Vision 2030 which is your roadmap to follow for the future. With it they advance us what the tests of the next decade will be like.
We already talked about the new tests that were introduced in 2020 to adapt to the times and the novelties that the vehicles bring. Now what it’s been a quarter of a century EuroNCAP talks about the role that the organization will play in the mobility of the future. The first thing was to check your evaluation areas present since 2009, debuting four completely new ones that will come into force from 2026. They are about safe driving, accident prevention, crash protection and post-collision safety.
EuroNCAP talks about protocol updates every three years to always be up to date in these very volatile times and the introduction of new tests for cars. A gradual incorporation of virtual tests, improvement in the protection tests for vulnerable users and new incentives for driver monitoring systems is anticipated. That includes checking for cognitive impairment and distraction, evaluating all driving assistance systems present and future or improve the effectiveness of speed-keeping technology.
With the EuroNCAP Vision 2030 will be introduced more real active safety tests recreating environments and evaluating security functions by V2V, V2I and V2X communication. In passive safety, greater importance will be given to gender equality and the aging of the population, while for the first time the risk of fire and thermal runaway in electric vehicles. In short, the body in charge of the safety of European cars wants to evolve and continue reducing the number of victims in accidents to the long-awaited figure of zero deaths.