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Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 29, 2016 @12:42PM (#11596894)
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.
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Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? by Grishnakh on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:08PM (#11598777)
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.

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Re:How Cheap Can Electric Vehicles Get? by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 29, 2016 @05:52PM (#11599013)
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...

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