It’s the weight! Imaging driving your car. With standard seatbelts. Standard airbags. Standard safety measures that are for your make a model. Now…here comes a head on collision with a tree, and 50mph. Do you feel safe? In modern vehicles nowadays your most likely will be. But let’s add something. Let’s say, 2000lbs in the back seat. Yea. In some cases even more. Now, same situation…how well do you think you’ll fair now? Your entire vehicle from tires to trim is designed under vehicles that have been made for several decades now. Your vehicle will crush bend and pop to its current weight. When they added thousands of pounds of batteries, in a current safety system, there is no safety system. These cars are death machines. Esp when they hit each other.
Same metal, same seat belts, same airbags, nothing new to offset the weight. Nothing to add to keep you from getting crushed like a tomato in a tin can. Even if it rolls on it’s top. Your done. 2-3000lbs hitting a tree can be devastating. Now it’s twice as bad.
That definitely makes a lot of sense, BUT......are you 100% certain the manufacturer's haven't at all accounted for the added weight of EV batteries when designing safety systems??
I’m getting my info from many sources(car guys) on YouTube that Ive watched for years. Scotty Kilmer for one. He’s probably the most knowledgeable in vehicles I’ve heard from. He goes over these EV’s fairly regularly. Talk about insurance companies coverage and what’s probably gonna happen sooner rather than later. If you want more info just look him up. He’s a bit wild, lol, but he’s legit.
It’s the weight! Imaging driving your car. With standard seatbelts. Standard airbags. Standard safety measures that are for your make a model. Now…here comes a head on collision with a tree, and 50mph. Do you feel safe? In modern vehicles nowadays your most likely will be. But let’s add something. Let’s say, 2000lbs in the back seat. Yea. In some cases even more. Now, same situation…how well do you think you’ll fair now? Your entire vehicle from tires to trim is designed under vehicles that have been made for several decades now. Your vehicle will crush bend and pop to its current weight. When they added thousands of pounds of batteries, in a current safety system, there is no safety system. These cars are death machines. Esp when they hit each other. Same metal, same seat belts, same airbags, nothing new to offset the weight. Nothing to add to keep you from getting crushed like a tomato in a tin can. Even if it rolls on it’s top. Your done. 2-3000lbs hitting a tree can be devastating. Now it’s twice as bad.
That definitely makes a lot of sense, BUT......are you 100% certain the manufacturer's haven't at all accounted for the added weight of EV batteries when designing safety systems??
How did they pass any crash testing?
I’m getting my info from many sources(car guys) on YouTube that Ive watched for years. Scotty Kilmer for one. He’s probably the most knowledgeable in vehicles I’ve heard from. He goes over these EV’s fairly regularly. Talk about insurance companies coverage and what’s probably gonna happen sooner rather than later. If you want more info just look him up. He’s a bit wild, lol, but he’s legit.
Lol he’s definitely good.
"How did they pass any crash testing?"
Easy to buy ones way in just as everyone does at the corporate/government levels. Beast system.
Always follow the $$$