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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by thfuran on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:25AM (#42663759)
There's something like 170,000 car fires per year in the US. It's just one of those things that's bad and too common to really make the news except maybe locally.
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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by cscurmudgeon on Saturday January 11, 2025 @01:28AM (#42663769)
Safety is also an issue

https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2024/10/30/byd-atto-3-rec...

> Mercedes’ i5 received the best score from Euro NCAP for driver-assistance functions, and BYD’s ATTO 3 receiving the worst score

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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by Timshel on Saturday January 11, 2025 @05:06AM (#42664724)
That safety of the occupant. In the context of a city car I'm more interested in safety for passerby.
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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by Kirby64 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @09:58AM (#42666289)
Why? You can do both, if you want to. If a car can’t have good occupant safety, I would find it very difficult to believe its pedestrian safety would be good instead.
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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by thfuran on Sunday January 12, 2025 @10:22AM (#42674185)
Occupant safety in a car/pedestrian collision is basically a solved problem, especially at relatively low speed.
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Re:Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan, starting ... by Kirby64 on Sunday January 12, 2025 @10:26AM (#42674214)
Then why doesn’t every car score top ranking on the safety tests? It’s not a “solved problem” if you don’t spend the money/effort to solve it. And it absolutely costs money to solve the problem, which a cheaper car may not wish to spend.
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