Plug-in hybrid variations of the 2024 Mazda CX-90 three-row crossover SUV have obtained the best Prime Security Choose+ score from the Insurance coverage Institute for Freeway Security (IIHS).

To earn a spot on the Prime Security Choose+ listing, a automobile should earn high “Good” scores within the driver-side small overlap entrance, passenger-side small overlap entrance, authentic average overlap entrance crash assessments (a excessive rating on the up to date average overlap entrance check is not required for 2023), and up to date aspect crash check.

Along with crash assessments, headlights rated “Acceptable” or “Good” have to be normal on all trim ranges, and front-crash prevention programs should obtain a high “Superior” or second-tier “Superior” score in daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian collision-avoidance testing.

2024 Mazda CX-90

A handful of different plug-in hybrids, together with the Toyota Prius Prime, Lexus NX 450h, and Volvo XC90 Recharge, additionally made the Prime Security Choose+ listing this 12 months. The listing additionally contains the all-electric Rivian R1T, Subaru Solterra, Tesla Mannequin Y, and Volkswagen ID.4, amongst others.

The CX-90 obtained “Good” scores in all crash assessments performed, “Superior” scores for each daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian collision avoidance, and an “Acceptable” rating for headlights. These outcomes are from assessments of a gasoline mannequin, however the IIHS carried them over to the plug-in hybrid. That is often the case for hybrids, however not all the time the case for plug-in hybrids. The Jeep Grand Cherokee, for example, additionally makes the Prime Security Choose+ listing, however the Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid is not referred to as out as carrying over those self same outcomes.

2024 Mazda CX-90

The CX-90 plug-in hybrid was attributable to arrive earlier this spring and boasts seating for as much as eight. It makes use of a 2.5-liter inline-4 and 8-speed automated transmission, with an electrical motor sandwiched in between and a 17.8-kwh battery pack. Complete system output is 323 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque. EPA electric-range rankings haven’t been launched.

Potential rivals to the Mazda embrace the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid, which was named a Prime Security Choose with out the “+”, and the Kia Sorento PHEV. Each supply three rows of seats.

With the MX-30 EV now discontinued, the CX-90 plug-in hybrid now possible has a extra sure future for the U.S. market as Mazda’s solely plug-in mannequin.