Delivery vehicles like that are a perfect match for small EVs. Arcimoto would be ideal. Even better parking and easy in/ out for the driver.
???Saw this crazy video from the IIHS where they loaded up an F150 with concrete and smashed it into their test wall at 40MPH.
These guys were just testing their system out to ensure it could handle the weight, but seeing what this load did to the cab of the truck was … stunning.
That white block you see in the drivers seat of the truck was strapped down in the bed of the truck at the start of the video. If anyone was in the truck when this crash happened they would likely be dead. The load just smashed through the entire bed wall, rear seats, front seats and is now smashed against the firewall.
When people talk about 3500 pounds of cargo capacity, that’s the kind of crazy forces you are dealing with.
Also notable, the truck just accordions up, but not in a good way.
I love that photo. It is important that you "feel" safe in what you are driving. Not as important as actually being safe, yet important. And it is important that you "feel" good about what you are driving which obviously you do. It is a "fact" all automakers are aware of that feelings are important. 2/3 of my car purchases were purely practical and 1/3 had emotional component. In retrospective, I have to admit on the average, that 1/3 was better use of my money ( except one ).
Most other vehicles are also moving. If they're going a different direction, it's very easy to end up with massive forces much, much higher than the static collision.
Two of the ugliest vehicles ever made, but the numbers were convincing. The Aztek was the first most ugly vehicle ever and also the numbers were shit. Didn't own one.
You caught me, I enjoy offending dickwads who judge people by their cars.
My friend who has a gen 1 said the efficiency gets ludicrously terrible at 90 MPH. Mine sees mostly city, and the wife keeps putting random gas in it without accounting for it, so I don't know what we are actually getting.
That would reinforce too many typical stereotypes, but I'm thinking that a pro-gun sticker and a hunting brand could be good for confusion.
Great point. I had a Pink Pistols sticker on my Gladiator from when I volunteered with them, and also this:
Ehh, the only way to provide positive peer pressure is to be out and open. If it's safe for you to do so. I mean, putting a gun sticker on a car you're storing guns in is probably not the best idea, for instance. But people are just more likely to be sympathetic to those they know in person. So it's a social win for equal rights. And safety!
