Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get?
by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 29, 2016 @12:42PM
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I don't believe any American car will roll over in normal driving. They will skid. Unless a tire catches on a curb or something. So in normal highway driving rollover is very unlikely.
Not true: trucks and SUVs absolutely will roll over. They even have warnings when there's high winds about it, because they can be blown over.
And just try doing a panic turn (to avoid something) in a tall SUV and see what happens.
You can't just ignore the laws of physics. Center-of-gravity is an important thing.
Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get?
by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:52PM
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I see from Consumer Reports that tipping does sometimes happen. And not just from 'tripping'.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/02/rollover-101/inde...
No, it's probably because it's a truck with a body-on-frame chassis instead of a unibody chassis like any modern vehicle, and was designed for towing and load-hauling rather than crash protection. If you want crash protection, you need to buy a vehicle with a modern chassis that was expressly designed for it. Same goes for the Expedition. And yes, handling could be a factor too: these vehicles have horrible handling and can't avoid accidents the way a good-handling vehicle can, and will frequently roll over.