anybody know if the side air bags will offer protection to the passenger
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3/4/2015 - Elio Motors Tech Talk V58 - Recent Frontal Crash Test Simulation
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John Painter
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The new crash simulation is also clearly using the new engine versus the older one with the Geo Metro engine.
NSTG8R
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Yeah, I figured that...just being a smart-ass
.My daughter had one commit suicide into the side of her Jeep Cherokee. Wiped out the driver's side fender, and head went through the windshield. Shook her up pretty bad. Large, fast moving, stupid animals on the road are pretty scary...and the deer worry me too.
NSTG8R
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Could've sworn I remember Paul stating the all air bags fired in a collision during one of the interview/host test drives ( something 'Logic'...a guy with an Australian accent?). Seems like a good idea. Since your head is fairly close to the interior of the vehicle on either side, unless you hit something perfectly straight, your head's going to do some side-to-side bouncing...side curtains might help.
I will have to look for it however I believe PE has said the side curtains will protect both the driver and passenger.
NSTG8R
Elio Addict
Translogic...that's the interview I was trying to think of.
Right around 3:39 on the video.
over the years I've been run into by 2 deer .... I didn't run into them, they ran into me .... all I could figure is they must have been born with some Kamikaze genes
I had heard the elio will have 15 inch rims with 5 lugs which is very standard. I do not know what the diameter is of the rims in the simulation, but they have 4 lugs. Note the 15 holes on the perimeter. This detail uses computer processing power. Considering the course resolution of the frame, I am surprised they put so much detail into the wheels. Will we be getting four lugs? Does anyone recognize these rims? (Thanks Jeff Bowlsby)
A lot of good information about EM safety in Tech Talk V3 & V5 from about a year ago. These appear to answer a lot of questions people have had.
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For this reason, a series of tests, impact events and extreme maneuvers, at set speeds – front, side, and rollover – will be conducted on actual vehicles to better understand how well the Elio is able to keep the occupants (or test dummy) safe from injury. All of which is exactly how you engineer for a 5-Star Crash Test Rating which is one of the core Elio Motors principles that guides each and every decision as it relates to the development, engineering, design and execution of the Elio.
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