VinFast VF e34 EV will get four-star ASEAN NCAP score

The New Automotive Evaluation Program for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN NCAP) has awarded the VinFast VF e34 a four-star score in its newest spherical of testing. The VF e34 is the Vietnamese carmaker’s first electrical car and the primary VinFast mannequin to face the 2021–2025 protocol. Earlier fashions – Fadil, Lux SA2.0 and Lux A2.0 – have been assessed beneath the older protocol.

With an accrued rating of 78.99 factors, the VF e34 misses out on a full five-star score, though ASEAN NCAP identified the crossover managed to carry out effectively within the grownup occupant safety (35.92 factors out of 40 factors), youngster occupant safety (17.71 factors out of 20 factors) and motorcyclist security (12.50 factors out of 20 factors) assessments carried out on the China Automotive Expertise and Analysis Heart (CATARC).

In the meantime, the EV scored 12.86 out of 20 factors within the security help class, with normal methods fitted being lane departure warning, rear cross visitors alert and auto excessive beam. The left-hand drive VF e34 additionally comes with e-Name (for contacting emergency companies) and a blind spot monitor, the latter essential in Vietnam which has the very best variety of registered bikes on the highway within the ASEAN area.

The VF e34 retails for VND690,000 million (RM131,445) in Vietnam and incorporates a front-mounted electrical motor rated at 150 PS (148 hp or 110 kW) and 242 Nm of torque. It’s powered by a 42-kWh lithium-ion battery that’s good for an electric-only vary of round 285 km following the NEDC. Charging is finished through an AC enter (7.4 kW, Sort 2 connection), with a full cost taking about lower than 5 hours. There’s additionally DC quick charging (250 kW, CCS2 connection) to achieve 180 km of vary in 18 minutes.

Along with the energetic security methods talked about above, the five-seat crossover additionally comes with six airbags, a 360-degree digicam, door opening warning system and the same old array of passive methods (ABS, EBD, brake help, ESC, traction management, hill begin help). Nevertheless, it doesn’t include autonomous emergency brake and lane hold help.

Different gear consists of 18-inch alloy wheels, LED headlamps and taillights, a seven-inch digital instrument cluster, a 10-inch portrait-format infotainment touchscreen with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, handbook air-conditioning with rear vents and a tyre strain monitor.