What's so different between regular car safety and electric car safety? The 330 Lb volatile battery pack in the trunk, that's what. The safety-centric Swedes are taking this into account while designing the 2012 Volvo Plug-In Hybrid.
As you can see from the videos, the brand associated with safety (and V8-wagon swaps) is doing its thing in the electric arena. Do electric car crash dummies dream of electric sheep?
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The other big problem with electric/hybrid car crashes is the fire department/first responders need to know where the high voltage lines run. Cutting a live main power wire with the jaws of life would be a very bad thing.