Tag: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

  • Ensuring guardrails hold up against electric vehicles

    Ensuring guardrails hold up against electric vehicles

    As electric vehicles surge in popularity, Nebraska’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility is sending multi-ton electric cars and trucks crashing into guardrails and military barriers to determine how well they hold up.  EVs weigh more and have a lower center of gravity than gas-fueled vehicles, which alter the forces acting on barriers. Nebraska’s facility is one…