Hyundai Motor Group announced on Wednesday new passenger car releases will be built with self-developed center side airbag to divide the space between driver and passenger and stop head injuries.
The center side airbag situated alongside the driver’s seat will spread in 0.03 second by the time the impact is sensed. Lab test results showed the center side airbag can lessen head injuries caused by passengers colliding with each other by about 80 percent, the Korean conglomerate said.
Hyundai Motor Group said it used newly patented technology to the airbag to be certain system stability, while achieving the industry’s smallest and lightest airbag. A new technology was created to streamline the design and reduce the weight of components by about 50 percent compared to competing products, it said.
The smaller size of the airbag means the group’s design team has way more flexibility in the type of seat design for future mobility products. Hyundai Motor Group will roll out the new center side airbag in impending automobiles.
