On 24th October, 2016, Chery Automobile broadcast live the world’s first public chain rear-end collision test in Chery Collision Safety Laboratory, the largest laboratory in Asian automakers. In the presence of the experts from China’s national testing institutions and more than one hundred media, two Chery Tiggo 7s and a heavy-duty truck performed an on-site simulation of a “three vehicle chain rear-end collision” accident, involving “a car-to-car rear-ending and a car-to-truck rear-ending.” In the unusual way, Chery Automobile demonstrated Chery Tiggo 7’s great safety performance as well as its unremitting efforts to achieve excellent product quality over a long term.
Chery Automobile, in performing vehicle collision safety tests, is the first ever automaker in the world to publicly attest its product safety performance through a “chain collision” test. On 3rd July, 2010, Chery Collision Safety Laboratory publicly conducted a 30° car-to-car collision test simulated according to the US standard, which was hailed as “China’s first collision.” After a lapse of six years, Chery Automobile, with a strong sense of responsibility for users, once again took the initiative to attest its product safety performance through a “chain rear-end collision test”.
Two Chery Tiggo 7s, one red and the other blue, acted as the target car and the bullet car respectively to simulate a “three-vehicle chain rear-end collision” with a heavy-duty truck. The blue Chery Tiggo 7, at 50 km/h, rear-ended the red Chery Tiggo 7 like a flying bullet. In turn, the violent impact sent the red Chery Tiggo 7 rear-ending the heavy-duty truck ahead at 26.2 km/h. In a few seconds of the collision, the broken pieces flew into the air and fell to ground amid excited exclamations. The “chain rear-end collision” was realistically reappeared in Chery Collision Safety Laboratory.
The analysis of the primary collision site by the Institute of Vehicle Safety and Identification Technology of China Automotive Technology and Research Centre (CATARC) is as follows: After the “chain rear-end collision” of two Tiggo 7s and a heavy-duty truck, the front bumper of the blue Chery Tiggo 7 was slightly deformed, its crash box was collapsed after fully absorbing the collision energy, and other structures in the engine compartment and its front windscreen were intact; its anti-submarine seats and seat belts prevented dummies from moving forward, and its airbags were deployed normally so that the dummies achieved a “soft landing” during the collision. For the red Chery Tiggo 7 caught in the middle, the front end of its engine compartment ducked into the truck’s rear guard, its engine hood was rolled up and its airbags were deployed so that dummies received reliable protection. The test results show that Chery Tiggo 7, with its great strength in frontal collision protection, “whiplash injury” protection, fuel system protection, truck underrun protection and other aspects, can provide “360° ultimate safety protection” for its users.
Chery Tiggo 7, originating from the whole new T1X platform of Chery 2.0 era, is developed in strict accordance with the forward development process and boasts excellent active and passive safety designs. The vehicle adopts European safety standards and is built in compliance with 2015 C-NCAP five-star safety standards. At the vehicle development stage alone, more than 50 real vehicle collision tests were performed to simulate most of traffic conditions in the actual life. The vehicle has standard configurations of electronic stability control (ESC), tire pressure monitoring, blind spot monitoring, panoramic system, lane departure warning system and other active safety technologies, enabling it to better prevent traffic risks and protect the safety of driver and passengers.
In order to ensure its products’ excellent quality and great safety, Chery has established a safety development technology system integrating the four modules of safety testing, safety simulation, safety performance integration and active safety. The success of the “chain rear-end collision” test not only demonstrated the safety performance of Chery’s new products in its strategy 2.0 era but reflected Chery’s great concern and strong sense of responsibility for users safety as well.
The Chery Collision Safety Laboratory, as one of the key laboratories of Chery Automobile Test and Technology Centre, covers a total floor area of 32,000 square meters. It consists of four functional laboratories for vehicle collision, simulated collision, pedestrian protection， and safety components. They provide 164 testing capabilities, of which 50 are recognized by the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) and more than 10 are recognized by the VCA of the United Kingdom, the TUV of Germany and other certification bodies for testing vehicles, parts and components in accordance with European laws and regulations. In seven years of operation, the Chery Collision Safety Laboratory has successively conducted vehicle crash tests on 911 vehicles, 1,133 simulated sled impact tests and 1,044 pedestrian protection impact tests. Chery has also conducted in-depth research on vehicle-to-vehicle crash compatibility and automotive safety parts. The research results are applied to the development of model platforms and the improvement of existing products, so that Chery can provide consumers with safer and more reliable products that are up to the international leading level of safety performance and satisfy the demanding standards on overseas markets.
Following its launch on the Chinese market, Chery Tiggo 7 will gradually expand to overseas markets in 2017. It is believed that Tiggo 7’s safety performance and product quality will bring a more wonderful car life to overseas consumers.
