How to verify the safety performance of a car? There are only brutal and rigorous professional tests. On July 15, Chery Group's high-end new energy sequence Star Era's medium and large pure electric car, the 2025 Star Era ES, jointly launched an ultra-high-speed 120km/h three-vehicle pinch collision test in Tianjin in conjunction with China Automotive Technology and Research Center (hereinafter referred to as "China Automotive Center"). The 2025 Star Era ES successfully completed this extreme test under the witness of the audience on the whole network with its all-round super safety strength, and was unanimously affirmed by on-site experts and authoritative media, practicing the original intention of "born for users" and profoundly interpreting "safety is the greatest luxury".
The ultra-high-speed three-car pinch collision is 6.36 times higher than the national standard, witnessing the true nature of safety
Three-car pinch collision test for China's automobile industry can be called "unprecedented", the conventional standard crash test often uses a trolley, the impact energy is specific, controllable and the impact direction is single, and this test uses a real car two-way pinching, simulating the real impact, the impact energy is closer to the real accident situation, and the vehicle safety performance is comprehensively investigated.
At the test site, the 2025 Star Era ES was prepared as a test vehicle before the test, equipping the main driver, co-driver, and the left side of the second row with dummies and installing acceleration sensors and electrical measuring equipment, etc., and at the same time weighing and measuring the vehicle, and placing the car in a position perpendicular to the 0° track of the test site in the longitudinal center. In the test, the two bullet trucks will hit the front side and rear side of the test vehicle from 180° and 30° tracks at a speed of 60km/h, simulating the dangerous driving scene of being pinched by vehicles in both lanes during daily driving U-turns. The test is not only innovative, but its 60km/h collision speed is also higher than the 50km/h collision speed of the 2021 version of C-NCAP side collision, and the kinetic energy generated by the three-vehicle pinch collision is equivalent to the energy of 117gTNT explosion, which is about equal to the power of two ordinary standard grenades, and the test difficulty exceeds the national standard by 6.36 times.
The results of this crash test were evaluated through the performance of electrical safety, restraint system, structural performance, occupant protection, accident rescue and other aspects. Finally, witnessed by the whole network and identified by on-site experts, the 2025 Star Era ES successfully completed the industry's first ultra-high-speed 120km/h three-vehicle pinch collision test.
After the impact, the side airbags, side air curtains, and distal airbags of the 2025 Star Era ES were activated in time and deployed normally; The seat belt was ignited in time and did not fail; There is no obvious deformation of the seat mounting point and the seat frame, which effectively controls the dummy injury value within the limit value requirements; The crew compartment is complete, the living space of the crew is sufficient, and the A, B, and C pillars have not failed structurally; The double flash is turned on in time, the E-CALL emergency rescue function automatically dials out and responds quickly, and the door is automatically unlocked and opened smoothly, reserving the life channel for the rescue of the occupants in the car; In addition, in terms of battery safety, which users are most concerned about, the high-voltage system will automatically power off after a collision, and the battery pack will have no displacement, no leakage, no smoke, no fire, and no explosion, which can be said to achieve the ultimate safety quality.
Multi-dimensional security makes concerted efforts, and strong performance comes from hard core strength
The reason why the 2025 Star Era ES has such a hardcore security quality is inseparable from its unique "security FAST" development concept, and strives to achieve the safety goals of "0 damage, 0 spontaneous combustion, 0 leakage, 0 intrusion, 0 loss of control, 0 gradual freezing, and 0 isolated islands".
In order to realize the 7 "0" safety vision, the 2025 Star Era ES first made great efforts in the body structure, as the first line of defense for passive safety, it is built with global five-star safety standards, with a cage capsule 2.0 high-performance body, the proportion of high-strength steel in the overall body has increased from 85% to 88%, the high-strength steel, hot-stamping steel and aluminum alloy hybrid structure body is leading in the same class, and the torsional rigidity of the body has been increased from 42600N·m/deg to 46000N·m/deg. The solid materials used everywhere are taking care of the safety of users and their families.
In terms of frontal structure, the 2025 Epoch ES has a high-performance aluminum profile front guard that covers the entire front of the car. The side structure adopts a side multi-ring design to transmit loads, and the high-strength aluminum alloy sill runs through the entire sill to protect the safety of drivers and passengers to the greatest extent. The cage structure design, two horizontal and three longitudinal enveloping force transmission structure, lighter weight, higher strength, more sufficient materials, to meet the collision protection in different directions.
Secondly, in terms of the restraint system in the car, the 2025 Star Era ES is equipped with an active motor pre-tensioning seat belt, and is equipped with 7 airbags as standard, with the longest side air curtain in the industry, and 100% full coverage from A pillar to C pillar. Combined with the industry-leading dual-force limit seat belts, the occupant's chest injury value during a crash is reduced by approximately 30%.