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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not…
Electric vehicles typically weigh 20- to 50-per-cent more than gas-powered vehicles
“The system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 pounds.”
By Margery A. Beck in Lincoln LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel
Preliminary tests by a University of Nebraska road safety research facility and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers point to concerns that the nation's roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles.