Crash tests indicate nation’s guardrail system can’t handle heavy electric vehicles
Battery weights are too much for current road safety equipment, since EVs are 25 percent to 50 percent heavier than gas-powered cars.
Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raining concerns about the nation’s roadside safety system, according to crash test data released Wednesday by the University of Nebraska.
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