The Genesis Electrified G80 has a standard driver’s side knee airbag mounted low on the dashboard. The knee airbag helps prevent the driver from sliding under the seatbelts or the main frontal airbag; this keeps the driver better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. A knee airbag also helps keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The Ioniq 5 doesn’t offer knee airbags.
The Electrified G80 has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The Ioniq 5 doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.
The Electrified G80 has standard Anti-Whiplash Front Head Restraints, which use a specially designed headrest to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the Anti-Whiplash Front Head Restraints system moves the headrests forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. The Ioniq 5 doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.
To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, Full-Time Four-Wheel Drive is standard on the Electrified G80. But it costs extra on the Ioniq 5.
Both the Electrified G80 and the Ioniq 5 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front and rear side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
Side impacts caused 23% of all road fatalities in 2018, down from 29% in 2003, when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced its side barrier test. In order to continue improving vehicle safety, the IIHS has started using a more severe side impact test: 37 MPH (up from 31 MPH), with a 4180-pound barrier (up from 3300 pounds). The results of this newly developed test demonstrates that the Genesis Electrified G80 is safer than the Ioniq 5:
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 | Electrified G80 | Ioniq 5 | 
| Overall Evaluation | GOOD | GOOD | 
| Structure | GOOD | GOOD | 
| 
 | Driver Injury Measures | |
| Head/Neck | GOOD | GOOD | 
| Head Injury Criterion | 83 | 129 | 
| Neck Compression | -67 lbs. | 67 lbs. | 
| Torso | GOOD | ACCEPTABLE | 
| Shoulder Deflection | 1.22 in | 1.34 in | 
| Shoulder Force | 245 lbs. | 312 lbs. | 
| Torso Max Deflection | 1.3 in | 1.46 in | 
| Pelvis | GOOD | GOOD | 
| Pelvis Force | 402 lbs. | 692 lbs. | 
| 
 | Passenger Injury Measures | |
| Head/Neck | GOOD | GOOD | 
| Head Injury Criterion | 32 | 143 | 
| Neck Tension | 112 lbs. | 134 lbs. | 
| Neck Compression | -67 lbs. | 45 lbs. | 
| Torso | GOOD | GOOD | 
| Torso Max Deflection | .71 in | 1.02 in | 
| Torso Deflection Rate | 3 MPH | 4 MPH | 
| Pelvis | GOOD | ACCEPTABLE | 
| Pelvis Force | 669 lbs. | 1093 lbs. | 

