It's my understanding good front end crash tests are a bit simpler for ev's because you aren't worried about a 300 lb chunk of cast iron coming through to the front of cabin.
Pedestrians be dammed apparently. This is merica.
With that shape and with steel panels there is absolutely zero change of survival for pedestrians with this. You are hit, you are dead.
I thought the SUV mega monster trend was a huge setback in Vehicle Design but somehow Tesla found a way to surpass that.
We have set ourselves so far back. It will be decades into the future before we are able to reverse this reptilian brain meme of vehicle arm's race purchases'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6WDq0V5oBg&t=1088s (link to 18 minutes in)
That, and I would also not want to be hit by one of these in my little hatchback. I'm already terrified by F150 and up, this will be the same but heavier and more likely to let me deal with all their kinetic energy. Put that with the irresponsible power that they've put in, and the kind of driver this kind of car is attracting, this is bad news.
Weird take, as if Corollas never killed pedestrians.
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