http://www.torquenews.com/1/safety-place-when-vw-e-golf-hits-deer Safety in Place When VW e-Golf Hits a Deer By Armen Hareyan 2015-05-13
[image http://www.torquenews.com/sites/default/files/image-%5Buid%5D/%5Btitle-raw%5D/vw_e-golf.jpg We saw this picture on Fac ebook after one of the VW e-Golf drivers had shared what happened to him when his e-Golf had an accident with a deer ] Everyone were OK. After such a big hit even the airbag of the VW e-Golf was not used. Kjetil Jystad was driving his VW e-Golf in Moelv in Norway, when a deer tried to crouch his e-Golf. I asked Kjetil if I can share this picture with TorqueNews readers. He graciously agreed. I don't have many details, except what Kjetil wrote. "Happy to report no airbag was used. The roe deer tried to crouch I guess, went under the car. Luckily no damage to the passengers or battery pack. But the damages is estimated to approximately 50,000 Norwegian Krones (about 6,765.03 USD according to XE.com) and is covered by car insurance," writes Jystad. Looks like it was the end for the deer. There have always been questions about the safety of electric cars. Here is one example that EVs like the VW e-Golf could handle the safety well. In fact, see how Chevy Volt [pih] handles a crash [ http://www.torquenews.com/1/chevy-volt-owner-only-gets-minor-bruises-after-being-hit-mac-truck ]. [© torquenews.com] ... http://folk.uio.no/atlemy/ril.htm Roe deer - C. capreolus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_deer ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack#Japanese_Kamikaze Kamikaze attack ... https://www.fac ebook.com/public/Kjetil-Jystad Kjetil Jystad Hedmark County, Norway | Oil & Energy 151 connections For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2015/May/Norwegian-EV-initiatives-to-continue-until-2017/0438019816 Norwegian EV initiatives to continue until 2017 http://ecomento.com/2015/05/14/norway-to-stick-with-electric-car-subsidies/ http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/technology/hydro-quebec-research-partnership-touts-higher-density-ev-battery-147960/ hydroquebec.com nonflammable-electrolyte no-cobalt metallic-li battery http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/13/zero-motorcycles-italy/ The complete Zero electric motorcycles line will be available in Italy http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ubco-2x2-the-two-wheel-drive-electric-enduro-bike-video-95352.html Ubco 2x2 e-bicycle feels like an e-motorcycle r:100-150km ts:45kph (v) http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2015/05/electric_car_charging_available_at_hunterdon_medic.html EVSE outside the parking garage @Hunterdon Medical Center NJ + EVLN: Determining the residual value of a Nissan Leaf EV {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Roe-Deer-no-kamikaze-d-Kjetil-Jystad-s-e-Golf-EV-tp4675597.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)