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Here’s Why Electric Cars Are Proving Safer in a Crash
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Collision testing suggests that the weight difference may save your life and that the likelihood of the car’s battery catching fire is overblown.
0:00 EV Crash Testing
0:36 EVs are heavy
1:40 IIHS EV crash tests
3:28 EV battery fires
4:27 IIHS Top Safety Pick vs Top Safety Pick Plus
5:16 Crashing in a EV is probably safer than you think
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Send this to scotty kilmer technically ish
Woke message🎉 for early day😂
Btw byd blade battery is fire proof
That Tesla plunge 250 feet off a cliff AND THE SURVIVAL OF ALL 4 in side was ABSOLUTELY AN ACT OF GOD.
God basically said: YOU AIN’T GETTING AWAY WITH THIS !!!
Explain this to the people of Congo mining cobalt in deadly conditions for a pittance — FYI, they’re no better than slave labor — so the west can virtue signal with their EVs that they’re so green. And apparently safer in a crash! SMH. The world really needs to adjust it’s priorities.
Studies actually showed GAS CARS caught fire more likely than an EV.
The electric cars are bigger on average than the average consumer car which is why they are safer. I don’t know how EV vs EV will affect the mortality rate, but with both being heavier, I’m concerned it could increase the chance of death. Especially with your recent video basically summarizing that other countries have a lower car crash mortality rate because cars are much smaller.
And when they expose the inside of that battery. Say goodbye to family because that fire is not being put out on time.
error code = human
Low centre of gravity (25% of road deaths are from rollovers) extra weight from battery (transfers energy to the lighter vehicle) battery pack reinforces against side collisions, no massive engine in the front that end ups in your lap in the cabin (head on collisions 40% of all road deaths)
Can we talk about the failure of those truck cabins from behind at 40 mph.
Great content, I love the crash test footage
Unless the crash leads to a fire
as long as their lithium packs are punctured 😉 lol
EV’s are also safer to be hit by because the lower center of gravity keeps the crash energy where the reinforcement beams are, and reduces the risk of the EV riding on top of the other car.
This should make EV to EV crashes safer too.
You very clearly explained that heavier EVs create a safer situation for the EV occupants, without also telling people this vehicle weight arms race has made it worse for everyone else and more deadly for pedestrians and cyclists.
One more reason that the auto industry is getting it wrong and is being complimented for their choices.
Idk about the safer EV, Meh real world tress, other trucks and etc needs to be in factor, I’ve seen a Tesla get hit by a old school Chevy caprice and guess who won 😬😬and that was 35 to 40 mph
How do they do in sub zero temperatures? 🥶
🤣 still not going to convince people to buy these overpriced garbage
I’m concerned about the mortality rate faced with pedestrians hit by an EV. Many years ago my family drove our car into a ship to get the to other side of the water; that would mean more fuel exertion from the ship to load these heavier cars. I hope the future has more options other then Electric. I heard hydrogen is pretty promising as well as oil produced from algae.
Cars will need to get MUCH smaller and MUCH more sustainable than we see with 2022 EV models. They just won’t play in a zero carbon world. There is FAR too much carbon emissions in the materials and production of these cars, and they were designed as no-compromise alternatives to the vehicles that are killing the planet.
So how will e‑bikes and Microlinos fair against Ford F‑150 Lightnings in crashes? They won’t. These cars will be vestigial automotive menaces, all because car companies followed Elon Musk’s lead of no compromise EV that cost more than housing. The cars you show in this video, like the Rivian, are already seeing their end because they built them as low efficiency vehicles that cheated with big batteries. But those battery resources are quickly reaching an affordability bottleneck.
sounds like sponsored script
Here we go with this EV propaganda
As vehicles get heavier small, light, fun cars are becoming barely safer than motorcycles. Sorry Miata and 86 fans. 😢
I’m hardly an EV nut, but just logic dictates it’s kind of crazy to drive around with explosions in front and a large tank of highly flammable accelerant in back.…but worry about switching to EVs because of potential fires in a crash lol
Are the cars turned on during the IHS test?
Thank you! I trust your opinions and observations!
Have to call BS on having to make the testing equipment handle more weight. IIHS has been crashing full size trucks and SUVs for years.
Here’s why electric cars suck, they are not safe for the environment and still need another coal or gas source to run the thing. Evs have been around forever we can make cars run on air pressure, but that’s for another day.
Just pour some water on the battery pack. Then see how safe it is.
yes, these crashes are fun to watch
Too much volkswagen not enough the top 1 safety pick TESLA MODEL Y
Given the choice, I’d rather be in a battery fire than a gasoline fire. The former you have a chance to escape from; a fireball, not so much.
i m confused and calculating when he said EV can weight a “ton” and hammer weight 9000 “pound”. Can you just one metric ?
2:36 and remember energy goes up squared with speed.
So a crash at double the speed will have 4 times the energy.
The F150 and the suburban in the video were both carrying 3500lbs which is ~ 3x payload rating and they were many generations old.
Also before anyone starts with that tesla off a cliff BS. Look up the Million Dollar Highway crashes and tell me more about how you believe only teslas survive falls of hundreds to THOUSANDS of feet down
The 2012 Lexus is250C I own has a curb weight of 3818 pounds of which 80% is in the trunk lid. Don’t believe me, try lifting the trunk lid up.
Safer in a crash, perhaps.
Safer for the planet, not so much.
Good video, good information
Kinda glosses over a normal car or person getting hit by an EV. That seems like the real concern