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Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? by tomtang0514 on Thursday April 28, 2016 @02:27PM (#11590926)
FYI, the IIHS small overlap frontal test, which I personally consider as the "hardest" test today, is done at 40mph. By that saying, a crash in the city can be worse than the test result.

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Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? by Retric on Thursday April 28, 2016 @02:36PM (#11590991)
You can have a partial overlap at 40MPH or 70MPH, the second is much more difficult to survive.
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