Plug-in hybrid variations of the 2024 Mazda CX-90 three-row crossover SUV have obtained the very best Prime Security Choose+ ranking 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, unique average overlap entrance crash exams (a excessive rating on the up to date average overlap entrance take a look at is not required for 2023), and up to date aspect crash take a look at.

Along with crash exams, headlights rated “Acceptable” or “Good” should be normal on all trim ranges, and front-crash prevention methods should obtain a high “Superior” or second-tier “Superior” ranking 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 exams carried out, “Superior” scores for each daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian collision avoidance, and an “Acceptable” rating for headlights. These outcomes are from exams of a gasoline mannequin, however the IIHS carried them over to the plug-in hybrid. That is normally the case for hybrids, however not all the time the case for plug-in hybrids. The Jeep Grand Cherokee, as an illustration, 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 resulting from 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. Whole 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 seemingly has a extra sure future for the U.S. market as Mazda’s solely plug-in mannequin.