The University of Nebraska did highway guardrail testing with EVs that have a low center of gravity and dense battery packs. The results show highway guardrails aren't up to the task of stopping EVs when impacts are at a higher angle than a glancing blow.
This makes me wonder if any guardrails were meant to stop an RV, which can certainly be heavier than an EV?
This makes me wonder if any guardrails were meant to stop an RV, which can certainly be heavier than an EV?
Nebraska experts weigh highway safety and electric vehicles | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has mobilized to answer the safety and military defense questions raised by the burgeoning number of electric vehicles (EV) on the nation’s roadways.
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