Cheap, fast enough, practical, goofey looking.

tandr 7 hours ago | parent [-]

by the looks of it... any front collision == instant death?

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evilos 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They very much designed for collisions. They have an engineer discussing those aspects this video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5QwgQUMGY

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OkayPhysicist 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's an EV, so what little nose it has is probably all crumple zone (as opposed to having a big ol' engine in the way. Popping the hood on most EVs is pretty funny, actually, because of how little there is under there.

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monooso 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I know nothing about automobile design, but the Smart Fortwo [1] seemed to solve this problem just fine (IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Fortwo

	▲	EvanAnderson 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Always a good time to share this video re: crashing a Smart Fortwo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mnI-LiKCtuE
	▲	rootusrootus 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> IIRC they had a very good NCAP safety rating 3 out of 5, which I think merely qualifies it as "average"