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None of this has anything to do with EVs in particular. All of this stuff is on ICE cars too.

Yeah, but good luck buying an EV without that bullshit!

The alternative is getting a fairly old car that won’t be particularly safe in a collision with a newer car. We do need legislation / awareness of these issues.

> We do need legislation

Legislation determining what?

You are proposing an alternative between (N) vehicles some of us would never enter vs (D) vehicles that may cause more damage to the driver in case of collision.

Given (N) there is no actual alternative; (D) is a known risk; and there is no need for vehicles of class (N) to limit the issues in (D).

How much safer are newer cars than older cars? Only real comparison I have seen is that video of an old 50s car vs a 2000s car crashing head on. Sure cars from the 50s are not gonna a be great... but how old of a car would you not buy?

The 2012 car I'm usually driving (if I am driving) has zero "modern" amenities - I consider electric window lifters to be state of the art! (and playing CDs, or plugging in via AUX) ;) Not even unlocking via remote. The trick is "small and cheap", in this case a Kia Picanto, perfect for the city.

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