mkjayakumar
Well-known member
Loren, repeat after me :
Crumple zone absorbs energy and thus gives you safety. It absorbs the impact/energy and slows the car down a bit more gradually. Imagine an hypothetical crumple zone about 500 feet in length in front of the passenger compartment. In that hypothetical scenario one can hit a concrete barrier head on at 60 mph and still perhaps walk away. The impact damages the crumple zone but that is what saves you.
A solid engine block simply transfers the energy into the compartment. In fact the heavier the ICE block, more energy is transferred to the driver. The impact leaves the ICE intact and that is what kills you.
Precisely the reason why Model S with its superb crumple zone in the Frunk gets very high marks in crash testing. Even the thief who crashed it head at 80 mph on into a concrete wall, lived a few hours after the crash. The car split into two, but still left the driver alive for a few hours. Cannot imagine that in any ICE cars.
Crumple zone absorbs energy and thus gives you safety. It absorbs the impact/energy and slows the car down a bit more gradually. Imagine an hypothetical crumple zone about 500 feet in length in front of the passenger compartment. In that hypothetical scenario one can hit a concrete barrier head on at 60 mph and still perhaps walk away. The impact damages the crumple zone but that is what saves you.
A solid engine block simply transfers the energy into the compartment. In fact the heavier the ICE block, more energy is transferred to the driver. The impact leaves the ICE intact and that is what kills you.
Precisely the reason why Model S with its superb crumple zone in the Frunk gets very high marks in crash testing. Even the thief who crashed it head at 80 mph on into a concrete wall, lived a few hours after the crash. The car split into two, but still left the driver alive for a few hours. Cannot imagine that in any ICE cars.