As electric vehicles become more common, concerns over their safety, not just for those who drive them but for others on the road as well, are also increasing. The weight of EVs and their batteries can make collisions with lighter cars more dangerous.
Post-crash analysis found a high likelihood of head injuries for the driver of the Forte, likely injuries to the leg and possible injuries to the neck and chest. In contrast, the Sorento SUV test dummy had mostly good injury measurements, aside from a possible right leg injury. The sedan also suffered visibly more damage than the SUV.
"You take a very large vehicle, say a 10,000-pound vehicle, against that mid-size SUV. You have now converted that from a 40 mph crash for that smaller vehicle all the way to about a 58 mph crash," Arbelaez explained."And what crash research tells us is that once you go above, say, the standard 40 mph crash severity, to 55 [mph] and higher, safety for those occupants in those vehicles goes down dramatically.
As of 2023, NHTSA said it was not aware of any differences in crash outcomes between electric and non-electric vehicles.
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