The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has awarded the VinFast VF e34 a four-star rating in its latest round of testing. The VF e34 is the Vietnamese carmaker’s first electric vehicle and the first VinFast model to face the 2021–2025 protocol. Previous models – Fadil, Lux SA2.0 and Lux A2.0 – were assessed under the older protocol.
With an accumulated score of 78.99 points, the VF e34 misses out on a full five-star rating, although ASEAN NCAP pointed out the crossover managed to perform well in the adult occupant protection (35.92 points out of 40 points), child occupant protection (17.71 points out of 20 points) and motorcyclist safety (12.50 points out of 20 points) tests conducted at the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC).
Meanwhile, the EV scored 12.86 out of 20 points in the safety assist category, with standard systems fitted being lane departure warning, rear cross traffic alert and auto high beam. The left-hand drive VF e34 also comes with e-Call (for contacting emergency services) and a blind spot monitor, the latter important in Vietnam which has the highest number of registered motorcycles on the road in the ASEAN region.
The VF e34 retails for VND690,000 million (RM131,445) in Vietnam and features a front-mounted electric motor rated at 150 PS (148 hp or 110 kW) and 242 Nm of torque. It is powered by a 42-kWh lithium-ion battery that is good for an electric-only range of around 285 km following the NEDC. Charging is done via an AC input (7.4 kW, Type 2 connection), with a full charge taking about less than five hours. There’s also DC fast charging (250 kW, CCS2 connection) to gain 180 km of range in 18 minutes.
In addition to the active safety systems mentioned above, the five-seat crossover also comes with six airbags, a 360-degree camera, door opening warning system and the usual array of passive systems (ABS, EBD, brake assist, ESC, traction control, hill start assist). However, it doesn’t come with autonomous emergency brake and lane keep assist.
Other equipment includes 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, manual air-conditioning with rear vents and a tyre pressure monitor.
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Don’t be discouraged, 4-star ASEAN NCAP rating in 2022 year is actually quite good. It doesn’t necessarily prove that the Vinfast is unsafe. More like, the standards of ASEAN NCAP have almost caught up to Australia NCAP and Euro NCAP. But do note, America IIHS is still the hardest to score 5-star. Even European brands sometimes struggle to score 5-stars in IIHS test !
Anyway, what I hope to see is ASEAN NCAP introduce something like ‘ 4-star, tested 2022 ‘ in their convention. So costumers can understand, 4-star 2022 car is actually very much safer than any 5-star car from 10 or even 5 years ago. Australia NCAP have already adopted this convention many years ago.
Good effort from Vinfast. Hope they will export to Malaysia and challenge the China EVs. Healthy competition always good.
Yes, but many cars achieved 5 star Asean NCAP 2022 protocol too..
Vinfast, pakai platform siapa?
Meanwhile, BMW i4 Dissapoints In EuroNCAP Crash Test With 4-Star Rating
Different testing method la.. Euro NCAP is more stringent than ASEAN NCAP. Even 5 star car in ASEAN NCAP may not achieve the same result in Euro NCAP.
will be interesting to see what an Exora can achieve on the latest protocol.
Exora is a 13 year old design laa, might as well ask for 1950s Mercedes to test on latest protocol.
EXora is still
sold by Proton. 1950s mercedes is no longer for sale lah
You don’t like you don’t buy. No one is forcing you to get one. Don’t be salty, plenty of options out there.
4 star rating is a shame for today’s standard… given this is an EV, and has access to the latest technology in platform down to every single safety feature. Even Myvi can get 5 star
Myvi was rated on 2017-2020 protocol.