WGHP

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

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Under an overcast sky last fall, engineers with a University of Nebraska road safety facility watched as an electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on ...
Finance & Commerce

Nation’s guardrail system may need to be adapted to handle heavy EVs

LINCOLN, Neb. — Under an overcast sky last fall, engineers with a University of Nebraska road safety facility watched as an electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on the ...
Detroit News

Test crashes indicate guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles

Lincoln, Neb. — Under an overcast sky last fall, engineers with a University of Nebraska road safety facility watched as a electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on the ...
KSAT

Crash tests indicate nation's guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles

LINCOLN, Neb. – Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raising ...