Supersize Electric Cars like the Hummer EV Are Pushing Road Safety to the Limit
Briefly

American roads looked different when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety built its car-smashing crash test system in the early 1990s.Backup cameras didn't exist, airbags weren't mandatory, and safety rules had not yet killed the pop-up headlight.But perhaps the biggest difference is that cars were a lot less heavy-about a quarter lighter than the average vehicle today.
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