Existing Guardrails Inadequate for Heavier EVs, Tests Suggest
Crash test data from the University of Nebraska has revealed that existing road guardrails are not sturdy enough to handle electric cars. Since battery electric vehicles (BEVs) typically weigh more than conventional gas and petrol-powered cars, they are much more likely to crash through steel guardrails on the highway. On average, an electric car weighs around 20% to 50% more than a similar fossil-fuel-powered vehicle. This additional weight is primarily due to electric-vehicle batteries, which can weigh as much as a small conventional vehicle. These batteries are usually placed along the bottom of an EV to lower its center of…
