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by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?
by tandr 5mo ago
by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?
- monooso 5mo agoI know nothing about automobile design, but the Smart Fortwo [1] seemed to solve this problem just fine (IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo
- EvanAnderson 5mo agoAlways a good time to share this video re: crashing a Smart Fortwo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE
- rootusrootus 5mo ago> IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating 3 out of 5, which I think merely qualifies it as "average"
- OkayPhysicist 5mo agoIt's an EV, so what little nose it has is probably all crumple zone (as opposed to having a big ol' engine in the way. Popping the hood on most EVs is pretty funny, actually, because of how little there is under there.
- evilos 5mo agoThey very much designed for collisions. They have an engineer discussing those aspects this video. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY
- tandr 5mo agothank you! That was quite educational.