SUVs are generally safe, but have a high rollover probability. Tesla was able to overcome this obstacle with their Model X SUV. Here’s how they did it.
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Narrator: This Tesla Model X refuses to roll over. Unlike most SUVs which tend to roll over with ease, the Model X continues to return to an upright position. Here’s why the Model X was the first SUV to receive a perfect crash test rating. When it comes to vehicle safety, size matters. So it’s not uncommon for SUVs to be generally safer than your standard sedan. However, they tend to have one big shortcoming. Rollovers.
SUVs are notorious for having a high center of gravity causing them to roll over when put into tight maneuvering situations, or a side impact. Rollovers can result in the partial or full ejection of passengers from the vehicle, increasing the chances of injury or death. In 2016, rollovers happened in one percent of serious crashes in passenger vehicles but accounted for one-third of collision-related deaths.
Over the past three decades, automakers have been able to reduce the frequency of rollovers in vehicles with technology and more stable designs. However, once a serious impact occurs it’s just basic physics. A higher center of gravity increases the likelihood of a car tipping or rolling over.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or NHTSA is the only organization that tests rollover resistance. They also test frontal crashes and side impacts from a pole and barrier. After each test, they measure readings from a dummy to determine how much damage a real person is likely to sustain. They use this data to determine a safety rating in each category and an overall safety rating for the vehicle.
Amongst its many luxury features, the Model X hosts active safety technology such as collision avoidance systems and automatic emergency braking. But what sets the Model X apart is its design. Like other Teslas, the Model X has a large, rigid battery pack located on the floor of the vehicle. This gives the Model X a much lower center of gravity than your average SUV. In the event of a collision that would normally cause an SUV to roll over, this would happen instead.
But rollovers are just one aspect of the safety test. Since the Model X is an electric vehicle, there’s no need for mechanical components in the hood of the car. This allows for a much larger crumple zone to absorb energy from a frontal crash. It also has specially-made side sills that absorb energy in addition to its rigid side pillars. These features help reduce the force exerted on passengers and increases their protection. But if you don’t have $80,000 laying around for a Model X there’s still plenty of SUVs out there with excellent safety ratings.
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Since the Model X is about as much an SUV as a Chevy Malibu AND has a nice heavy battery pack – no surprises there….
In the sand rollover test I wonder if the tension on that wire had any effect on slowing down the roll as it seemed like it might have
Everyone make sure to thank Dylan/Chills for narrating this video on helium
rip test dummies.
Tesla sponsored
Don’t drive and then you will never crash
paid ad, lame.
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I’m poor I would consider it my honour to be run over by a Tesla Model X, as opposed to just some other SUV with a clearly inferior safety rating gtfo stop wasting my time trying to kill me
Tesla’s are vile and should be banned.
Do people really call THAT an SUV?!? A Sports Utility vehicle? Really? I dont think so
Omg……..not for the masses….a real disconnect …….
Byass video
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the model x is not a suv
yeah makes sense if those batteries are punctured then umm that would not be a very safe crash….. these people doing the crash course think lithium ion batteries will have no harm with electrical fires that are not able to be put out with water.
I’m astounded by how many times I said “oh sh*t” within 3 mins
https://carbuzz.com/news/check-out-these-seriously-bad-tesla-model-3-quality-control-issues
Only 76000 cars a year sold loses 1 billion dollars supported by the government returning nothing to investors
Why is it a viable business ……oh that’s right it’s a safe SUV
And all the SUVs with excellent safety ratings still have this roll-over problem!
Rating system is sus.
Tesla is safest by a long way with collision avoidance built in, it’s way ahead of most the competition from the start.
Yay
dacia ?
Elon: smoking a blunt
Also Elon: making the best SUV
Oh yeah yeah
Oh no no
Oh yeah yeah
Technology changes the world. Love Tesla!
Much rather have an X5 M or just a good sounding, looking V8 SUV over tesla model x IMO
Reliability not really
With a hollow front line most Porsche cars won’t that make it less durable when it faces head on collisions? I’m not a mechanic but when it pushes the Frame back while it can slow down the impact doesn’t it also allow for the frame to be crushed onto your legs?
what dreamland do you live in where a model X is $80,000? they start at $88,000 and that’s AFTER incentives and savings. it ACTUALLY starts at $97K. still a good car though heh
But it doesn’t means the best suv in the world…..
Center of mass you mean?
Anyone else want a vehicle built around the rolling frame of the rig that smashes into these vehicles while testing them?
That’s the #1 crash survivable vehicle and it proves it every day by making the other vehicles its crumple zone and surviving crash after crash every time!
Still looks super ugly though….