With
increasingly more attention to global emissions and local pollution, electric
vehicles are getting more popular. There are a few way of making electric
vehicles. One way is to make a electric car like a gasoline car in size and
weight. The other way is to make a lighter type of vehicle. This increasingly
is causing concern in crashes between light weight vehicles and regular
vehicles.
The IIHS
already published there finding on low speed vehicles (or mini trucks) in 2010
Euroncap
made a test for what is referred to as ‘quadricycles’.
US and European vehicle classes are not the same so it’s hard to compare them
directly, but these vehicles are also light weight and do not have to meet the
same regulation as ‘normal’ vehicles on the road.
Light
weight vehicles generally do not perform well against regular traffic.
Something to keep in mind when buying and driving such vehicles.
