boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square183linkfedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down133cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down7·1 year agoSounds only bad for people driving obese cars, which is good from my perspective.
minus-squareJaymesRS@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoEVs are significantly heavier than ICE cars. That’s why this is a problem. The Rivian R1S is over 8,000 lbs.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoNo, electric SUVs and other obese models are heavier. There’s plenty of EVs that are lighter than ICE cars.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoNot than an equivalent ICE car. Sure you can make a subcompact EV, but it’s either gonna have no range, or weigh more than a Nissan Versa.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoI mean, I never talked about just EVs. ICEs also have become way too big and consequently heavy over the decades. As far as I’m concerned, fuck cars in general.
minus-squareNurgle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoSo long as your perspective isn’t on the other side of these whales, than yes.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere was an article attached the post. Take a look
Sounds only bad for people driving obese cars, which is good from my perspective.
EVs are significantly heavier than ICE cars. That’s why this is a problem. The Rivian R1S is over 8,000 lbs.
No, electric SUVs and other obese models are heavier. There’s plenty of EVs that are lighter than ICE cars.
Not than an equivalent ICE car. Sure you can make a subcompact EV, but it’s either gonna have no range, or weigh more than a Nissan Versa.
I mean, I never talked about just EVs. ICEs also have become way too big and consequently heavy over the decades. As far as I’m concerned, fuck cars in general.
So long as your perspective isn’t on the other side of these whales, than yes.
What whales…?
There was an article attached the post. Take a look
Then what?