Top safety rating for Merc EV

Mercedes-Benz’s first all-electric production vehicle the EQC offers five-star safety.

The EQC has been awarded the maximum Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) safety rating from Australasia’s independent vehicle safety advocate.

The five-door medium SUV achieved high scores in each of the key areas of ANCAP assessment, including a record-equalling score of 92% for child occupant protection.

The EQC is the sixth Mercedes-Benz model to achieve ANCAP top marks with 96% adult occupant protection, 75% vulnerable road user protection and 76% safety assist included.

“It is encouraging to see Mercedes’ high levels of safety carry across with their first EV market entrant,” ANCAP chief executive James Goodwin says.

“The EQC scored well for its protection of children with close to full points scored for its ability to physically protect child occupants as well as its ability to safely accommodate a range of child restraints in the second row.”

A five-star ANCAP safety rating applies to Australian and New Zealand-supplied Mercedes-Benz EQC models on sale from November 2019.