The spread of electric cars is transforming traffic in all areas, even lane barriers have to change. This is also evidenced by numerous crash tests: for the second time this year, experts have published data on experiments in which an electric car crashed into a strip barrier, and the safety device did not produce the expected result.
In the United States, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute named one of the most popular electric vehicles. Tesla Model 3They sent him a reinforced strip barrier at 100 km/h at an impact angle of 25 degrees.
The American electric car brand's popular compact model is far from the heaviest in its class, tipping the scales at 1.8 tons.
They posted a video of the test that clearly shows that even at this angle of impact, the car penetrates the barrier and crushes it under itself for a long time. This experiment was organized after a weaker structure was already penetrated at the University of Nebraska using a Tesla Model 3.
According to Steve Emmers, an expert who spoke to WSMV4, there is no need to panic yet, but there is a problem that needs to be fixed. According to him, the problem with such collisions is not the large mass, but the low center of mass.
Cars of similar mass and equipped with an internal combustion engine can flip over in such a collision, and the force of the collision is distributed differently. However, due to the large battery pack, which is usually integrated into the floor panel, electric cars penetrate the strip barrier like a hammer.
Clearly there is a construction that can withstand such an impact, and the goal of researchers and developers is to find the most effective, affordable and safe solution that also works for electric cars.
