Activates new load path on steering column

​Outside pedestrian protection airbags aim to reduce the severity of head injuries by absorbing energy at the points of a vehicle that a pedestrian would most likely impact during a collision.

As an e-mobility solution the front subframe primary role continues to be vehicle ride and handling while absorbing loads from the road and isolating the NVH from the rest of the vehicle body structure. For quieter EVs with heavy battery packs the frame provides mounting locations for the steering gear, control arms, EV powertrain and crash safety structures.

The Dual Lobe airbag reduces brain injuries during oblique frontal crashes. 

Fractures the glass of emergency windows
Increases safety during evacuation