Three new electric vehicles — the Genesis Electrified GV70, Hyundai Ioniq 6, and Lexus RZ — earned top safety pick awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

“It’s exciting to see three new EVs from different brands with the highest level of safety,” said IIHS President David Harkey. “Making sure safety continues to be a priority in alternatively powered vehicles is critical if we are going to achieve the vision of zero traffic fatalities.”

To qualify for top safety pick in 2023, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side small overlap front, original moderate overlap front, and updated side tests. Acceptable or good headlights must be standard across all trims, and a front crash prevention system that earns advanced or superior ratings in both the daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations must be available.

Introduced for the 2023 model year, all three EVs meet the requirements for the higher-tier award.

“To be environmentally friendly, our vehicles and our cities also need to be pedestrian-friendly,” said Harkey. “All three of these vehicles have standard front crash prevention systems designed to protect pedestrians both during the day and at night, when most fatal pedestrian crashes happen,” Harkey explained.

The Electrified GV70, a midsize luxury SUV, earns advanced ratings in both the daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention evaluations. The Hyundai Ioniq 6, a midsize car, and the Lexus RZ, a small SUV, earn superior ratings in the two tests.

To watch a short video on the updated moderate overlap front crash test of these vehicles by the IIHS in both actual time and slow motion, go to www.iihs.org and click on Three 2023 EVs collect IIHS laurels. Try it — it’s worth watching.