Man Gets Into New Chevrolet. Then He Realizes They’ve Moved An Everyday Feature Into The Touchscreen “New cars are straight up unsafe now." Motor1 · Sep 22
Think Chinese Cars Aren't Safe? These New Crash Tests Say Otherwise The Cupra Raval gets four stars, while its recently tested Chinese competition from Geely, Leapmotor, and Aion, earns five. InsideEVs · Sep 2
Woman Drives Her Mother's New Car. Then It Starts Panicking: 'Intruder Alert. You're Not Phoebe' "It's forcing my patella through the steering block." Motor1 · Jul 27
The BMW iX3 Just Aced Euro NCAP’s Newer, Stricter Safety Tests BMW’s new electric crossover was one of the first cars to be tested under Euro NCAP’s revised assessment standard. InsideEVs · Jul 9
Who Sets the Rules for Assistive Driving Tech Assistive driving technology, otherwise known as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), can make driving safer and easier. inkl · Mar 25
Europe And China Are Finally Pushing Back Against Screen Overload In the last few years, technology has essentially overtaken vehicle interiors, with massive touchscreens, minimalist interfaces, and fewer physical buttons than ever before. Automakers embraced these trends due to lower manufacturing costs and increasing customer demands—but it’s already starting to backfire. Motor1 · Feb 17
Watch What Happens When The Volvo EX60 Slams Into A Pole Volvo engineered the new EX60 to be as safe as possible. This means putting it through realistic crash scenarios. InsideEVs · Jan 22
EVs Now Dominate Europe’s Crash Safety Charts Euro NCAP crash tested over 100 new cars last year. EVs came out on top in every category. InsideEVs · Jan 16
Sick of annoying car safety warning systems? Good news, they'll become less 'intrusive' from 2026 –here's why Tougher rules on advanced driver assistance systems could see a reduction in overbearing alerts and interruptions when behind the wheel. TechRadar · Nov 27, 2025
The Safest Cars On Sale In Europe Now Are Chinese EVs The Tesla Model 3 keeps its position as Europe’s safest car, but it too is made in China, and is followed by mostly Chinese cars. InsideEVs · Nov 20, 2025
Chinese Cars Were A Laughingstock. Now They're Dominating Safety Charts Crash tests reveal what nobody could imagine a decade ago: Chinese-made cars are now some of the safest out there. InsideEVs · Jul 11, 2025
Buttons Are Back, Baby The first iPhone wasn't an immediate hit. Critics lambasted Apple for ditching the ubiquitous keypad and opting for a fully digital touchscreen interface. CEOs of the day—like Microsoft head and Zune creator, Steve Ballmer—called it "nothing more than a luxury bauble." Motor1 · May 2, 2025
Which are the cheapest electric cars? 6 of the best budget-friendly EVs for around €25K Switching to electric doesn't mean compromising on quality or breaking the bank. Here are the best options in Europe for value-for-money EVs. Euronews · Apr 26, 2025
Chinese EV brand Nio launches budget Firefly model aimed at new Renault 5 Firefly is the third Nio brand after Nio and Onvo, but there’s still no sign of any of them coming to the UK The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2024
TechRadar · Nov 16, 2024 The biggest reason to not buy a new car? Overbearing safety systems that make me never want to drive again Overbearing safety systems are making me wish for fully autonomous vehicles to hurry up and go on sale.
TechRadar · Mar 11, 2024 Future cars could ditch touchscreens and bring back buttons – all in the name of safety Euro NCAP has stated that it'll incentivise OEMs to add physical buttons back into passenger cars as it aims to reduce driver distraction.
InsideEVs · Mar 5, 2024 Europe To Automakers: Bring Back Buttons If You Want A Good Safety Rating Today on Critical Materials: Europe safety ratings contingent on the return on physical buttons, Tesla TKTKTK, and Polestar says EV naysayers are headed for a trap.
Motor1 · Mar 5, 2024 Automakers Risk Lower Safety Ratings If They Don't Bring Back Buttons Finally, some common sense.
InsideEVs · Dec 6, 2023 VinFast VF8 Scores 4 Out Of 5 Stars In Euro NCAP Crash Test It’s the first time a major crash-testing organization put the Vietnamese EV under the microscope. So let's see how it compares to the Tesla Model Y.
Motor1 · Dec 6, 2023 Lamborghini Employees Are Working Less For More Money Plus, the new Hyundai Kona only got four stars in the Euro NCAP crash test.
InsideEVs · Jul 13, 2023 Nio ET5, EL7 Get 5-Star Ratings In New, More Stringent Euro NCAP Crash Tests The Nio ET5 all-electric sedan and EL7 zero-emissions SUV are the first models to be tested in Euro NCAP’s updated and stricter crash testing procedures for 2023.
Motor1 · Dec 8, 2022 See The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Crash Its Way To Five-Star Euro NCAP Rating It scored a 92-percent rating for an adult occupant.
InsideEVs · Dec 7, 2022 2022 Lucid Air Receives 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating Lucid is preparing for the introduction of the Lucid Air model in Europe and one of the signs that the market launch is near are Euro NCAP safety tests.
InsideEVs · Dec 7, 2022 Volkswagen ID. Buzz Earns 5-Star Rating From Euro NCAP Euro NCAP has just released safety test results for the final group of cars in 2022, which includes the hot Volkswagen ID. Buzz.
RideApart · Nov 29, 2022 Euro NCAP Will Soon Include Motorcycles In Crash Testing Euro NCAP is set to include motorcycles as part of their testing procedures. This is part of its goal of providing the most realistic tests as possible.