PilotPete
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First, here is the article…
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024...ts-highway-guardrails-no-match-for-heavy-evs/
Here’s one (of the many) flaws with that study. The state that the “system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 lbs. And then they go connect that weight to EVs. Yes, the Rivian is over 5k#, but outside of trucks, almost none of the EVs are over 5k#. The Tesla models 3, Y and S are under. The X is barely over. In gas cars, the suburban is over 5K#, the F150 has trims just over 5k#, the F250 and up are ALL over 5k#. The article “somehow” missed that. MAYBE the problem isn’t with the EVs (or big cars), it’s with the wooden guard rail system??? I would imagine that even the Model X with its CG so much lower than a suburban stands a better chance of being helped by a guard rail than a higher CG F250 or Yukon XL. The facility (Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Roadside Safety Facility) is nothing short of dishonest when they test a BEV TRUCK and compare it to “an average gasoline powered sedan). Really? No kidding. Who would have ever thought that a TRUCK would weigh more than a car? What a load of propaganda. The real headline is “Current U.S. guardrails are insufficient against large trucks and SUVs.”
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024...ts-highway-guardrails-no-match-for-heavy-evs/
Here’s one (of the many) flaws with that study. The state that the “system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 lbs. And then they go connect that weight to EVs. Yes, the Rivian is over 5k#, but outside of trucks, almost none of the EVs are over 5k#. The Tesla models 3, Y and S are under. The X is barely over. In gas cars, the suburban is over 5K#, the F150 has trims just over 5k#, the F250 and up are ALL over 5k#. The article “somehow” missed that. MAYBE the problem isn’t with the EVs (or big cars), it’s with the wooden guard rail system??? I would imagine that even the Model X with its CG so much lower than a suburban stands a better chance of being helped by a guard rail than a higher CG F250 or Yukon XL. The facility (Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Roadside Safety Facility) is nothing short of dishonest when they test a BEV TRUCK and compare it to “an average gasoline powered sedan). Really? No kidding. Who would have ever thought that a TRUCK would weigh more than a car? What a load of propaganda. The real headline is “Current U.S. guardrails are insufficient against large trucks and SUVs.”
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