Electric vehicles are complicating car safety testing due to their heavier weight.
that the weights of “some of these electric vehicles that have been advertised as coming in the next few years” will be much higher, with “one as high as 9,500 pounds.”. Its battery alone is said to weigh nearly 3,000 pounds.
Arbelaez said engineers have successfully loaded “old junkers” with heavy steel and concrete, seeing that they can match the weight of the heavier electric vehicles.However, because the crash tests only consider crashes at 40 mph and estimate the likelihood of injuries for those inside a tested car, it remains unknown how extensive the injuries might be after a car is hit by a heavier electric vehicle.
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