Both the EV6 and Equinox EV have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The EV6 has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Equinox EV’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.
In a Vehicle-to-Vehicle Frontal Crash Prevention 2.0 test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Kia EV6 achieved a “Acceptable” rating - the second highest possible - for its performance in forward collision warning and automatic braking systems, demonstrating its excellent capabilities in preventing collisions. The Chevrolet Equinox EV has not been tested.
Both the EV6 and the Equinox EV have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning and available around view monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Kia EV6 is safer than the Chevrolet Equinox EV:
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EV6 |
Equinox EV |
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Driver |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
122 |
199 |
| Neck Injury Risk |
19.2% |
19.4% |
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Passenger |
|
| STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
| HIC |
170 |
336 |
| Neck Injury Risk |
32.5% |
35.1% |
| Neck Stress |
98 lbs. |
174 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Kia EV6 is safer than the Chevrolet Equinox EV:
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EV6 |
Equinox EV |
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Front Seat |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
77 |
128 |
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|
Rear Seat |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
82 |
141 |
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|
Into Pole |
|
| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Hip Force |
731 lbs. |
773 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the EV6 is 1.5% to 1.7% less likely to roll over than the Equinox EV.