The Hill
BY LAUREN IRWIN January 31, 2024
This photo, provided by Edmunds, shows the 2022 Rivian R1T. It is an all-electric pickup truck with an EPA-estimated range of 314 miles in its initial configuration. (Rex Tokeshi-Torres/Courtesy of Edmunds via AP)
Preliminary crash testing finds that the nation’s guardrails may not be suitable for heavy electric vehicles (EVs).
A test crash conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility involved a nearly 4-ton 2022 Rivian R1T. When the pickup truck crashed through a metal guardrail and barely slowed down before hitting a concrete barrier, it came as little surprise to the researchers.
“We knew it was going to be an extremely demanding test of the roadside safety system,” Cody Stolle, a member of the facility, told The Associated Press. “The system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 pounds.”
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