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Yeah, for the same reason SUVs are "safer". They weigh a fuck ton more than the average car due to the batteries. Of course a tank is gonna do better in a crash against a small sedan. But what about vs pedestrians? What about the people in that sedan?
This isn't "safer for everyone". This is "safer for me while disregarding everyone else".
Heavier vehicles get into more crashes. The safest crash is the one you avoid.
Teslas have more crashes that any other brand the lest two years.
The main reason EVs are safer in a crash is due to a low center of gravity which makes them extremely unlikely to rollover. Trucks and SUVs only make people feel safer but because of the much higher rollover risk they are actually generally less safe than most cars.
Scoring for the crash test also calculates safety for road users and the drivers assistant systems.
https://media.whichcar.com.au/uploads/2026/01/ANCAP-Top-Performers-2025.jpeg
That doesn't account for safety of other car. That's the safety of people IN the car and pedestrians. And again, you're doing things like put a tesla 3 in the "small car" category. Size? Sure. By weight? Hell no. You're not properly accounting for those factors.
Force = Mass X Acceleration. A larger vehicle will always exert more force. Plow a Tesla 3 into a Civic and see who lives. It's literally why buses don't have seatbelts. The bus will always tank whatever hits it. All you're doing is building tanks and acting like that's somehow a safety improvement.
It's not "EV vehicles are safer" like you're trying to paint it. It's "heavier vehicles are harder to damage". This isn't an EV issue. It's basic physics that you're trying to spin into pro-EV propaganda. By the same logic you should buy a F650.
But heavier vehicles also have more crashes because they can't turn or brake.
electric vehicle vehicles?