IIHS VP Has Safety Suggestions Thanks To A Future Of Heavy EVs via insideevs.com
Toward the end of 2022, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety did a simulation to assess whether its crash test equipment could handle a large and heavy electric vehicle. Fortunately, the equipment fared just fine, but the testing stirred up conversations about future safety concerns thanks to the EVs' heavy battery packs.
Arbelaez is concerned about the weight of electric cars as compared to their non-electric counterparts. In a crash, two such vehicles' weight disparity could be a serious issue. We's also worried about pedestrians and cyclists. To be clear, Arbelaez isn't anti-EV, he's simply pro-safety, which means he's doing his job.
The IIHS VP says that when millions of new EVs weigh much more than a Chevrolet Suburban and also have loads of power, they probably also need to have much more robust braking systems and crash-avoidance technologies. He also ponders how"additional crash structures" could be manufactured into EVs to help protect lighter cars and people.
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