Tesla Auto recently had the highest NHTSA test score, a near perfect crash test score. How can that be for a fully electric car you ask? Well I was a bit surprised I really wasn’t expecting this because electric cars are usually heavy because of the batteries underneath and so they have to try to make the rest of the car lighter to keep performance, so how did they do it? should? Well, modern materials certainly help, although they also add cost. Apparently, Tesla not only has that going for it, but also some very good engineering.
Still, crash tests are just one big issue with cars today, perhaps not even the most important one for all consumers. The fuel mileage is. But don’t electric cars have both going for them? Yes, they actually do, but then there’s that problem with the scope. Now the other day, some cyclists in our expert group were looking at the challenges while doing long-distance bike rides on busy roads or in large metropolitan areas, namely smog and car fumes, boy, not healthy at all, not a single one. bit.
What about the Tour de France with all those chase cars, motorcycles and whatnot, around all the human cyclists breathing at full capacity with big lungs? It’s not a healthy scene at all. Shouldn’t they use electric cars and motorcycles for pursuit cars, team cars and media cars? I think so. Of course, if such a mandate was made, then what? All those electric cars would have to be charged every night, and if they don’t fully charge, they’ll be parked on the side of the road not chasing the Pelaton.
A good number of electric cars work just fine until you ask them to go up steep inclines and super long distances. But, in fact, isn’t this how the Tour de France is designed to test human will, spirit, perseverance and try to break riders, put them through so many grueling stages until a winner emerges? In that case, those same hills would break the rear of most electric cars today, they wouldn’t be able to hang out with the Tour’s elite human cyclists, but maybe a car company could make that work.
If I were a betting man, and mind you I’m not, then I’d bet on Tesla’s latest sedan to make the grade and compete alongside the best human cyclists in the world. And you? Please consider all this and think about it. .
