EVs may have a high safety ranking for their own occupants, but passengers in other cars are in danger when the two vehicles crash, experts have warned.A professor at the University of revealed other vehicles absorb more of the crash energy in a collision due to the weight of the electric-powered car, which is are 30 percent heavier than their counterparts.Jingwen Hu, who teaches mechanical engineering, noted that a crash between an EV and a gas-powered vehicle would have the same outcome as a heavy truck and small sedan - the latter would likely be crushed.
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