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US guardrail system can’t handle heavy EV’s, preliminary test crashes indicate

Por: Fox Business Tech February 01, 2024

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Copenhagen Consensus President Bjorn Lomborg discusses the electric vehicle push and the costly impact it will have on the U.S. A new study from the University of Nebraska indicates the nation’s guardrails are ill-equipped to handle , which weigh thousands of pounds more than the average gas-powered sedan.  Engineers with Midwest Roadside Safety Facility conducted test crashes with an electric-powered pickup truck and a Tesla sedan hurtling... + full article



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