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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by anon291 on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:34AM (#32720904)
> EVs are much heavier than their equivalent ICE vehicles. Hopefully this doesn't result in EV accidents being more likely to have a fatality

This isn't a matter of hope.

Heavier things traveling the same speed have more momentum..

Momentum kills

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Re:EV adoption in US is happening faster than predicted by Schroedingersat on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:28PM (#32746034)
> Momentum kills

I'd say it's somewhere in between momentum and energy. A motorbike doing 300km/h is more dangerous than a car doing 35km/h or a concrete truck at walking pace.

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