Preliminary test crashes indicate the nation's guardrail system can't handle heavy electric vehicles
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A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for a crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for a crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for a crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)Trevor Donahoo, Engineering Testing Technician, connects testing equipment inside the Rivian cab during a crash test research by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for a crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)Engineer Cody Stolle, with the University of Nebraska's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, discusses on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, the potential affect heavier electric vehicles could have on the nation's roadside guardrail systems in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary test crashes conducted last fall showed current guardrails did almost nothing to keep an electric Tesla sedan and a nearly 4-ton Rivian pickup truck from leaving the roadway at high speeds. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)
A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for a crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023 in Lincoln, Neb. Preliminary tests point to concerns that the nations roadside guardrails are no match for new heavy electric vehicles. (Craig Chandler/University of Nebraska via AP)