![]() ![]() But the test is leading to more questions about what if the crash isn’t with a steel wall, but with another car, a cyclist or someone crossing the street. ![]() While not exactly how a crash with an EV would work, the display of Newtonian physics was an eye-opening spectacle. The concrete block the size of a refrigerator careened through the cab. The crash, posted by the IIHS in a video online, showed the truck crumple like a paper cup against the steel wall. ![]() Then they had to see if the crash machine could even tow it to 40 miles per hour in just 600 feet, something EVs would be more than capable of doing on the road. To test their machine’s limit, the IIHS had to load a 10-year-old F-150 with a block of concrete to mimic the weight of an EV, close to 10,000 pounds. “We have a machine that has to essentially tow these vehicles down the track at a certain speed and we’ve never crashed anything that heavy,” said Russ Rader, Senior VP of Communications for the IIHS. The non-governmental agency was forced to test whether their famous “crash machine” could even handle the increase in the weight of EVs, which are thousands of pounds heavier than the cars they normally test. ![]() This year, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) made a staggering announcement, they weren’t sure if they could make sure electric vehicles were safe to drive the way they tested other cars. Not because you won’t be safe in the car, but because there are questions about whether their weight could make them too dangerous for others on the road. So much heavier, that the way we’ve tested cars to make sure they’re safe might have to change. The big concern is, electric vehicles are just so much heavier than gas-powered cars - sometimes thousands of pounds heavier. Now, both the federal government and the gold standard of safety rating groups are taking notice. DETROIT – There is a growing concern about the size and weight of trucks and SUVs, especially among electric vehicles. ![]()
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