A 2022 Rivian R1T is used for crash test research by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Development Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility on Oct. 12, 2023, ...

In the 1990s, the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility looked into the then-50-year-old highway guardrail system and found it to be incapable of handling the increasing number of SUVs and pickups at the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Under an overcast sky last fall, engineers with a University of Nebraska road safety facility watched as an electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, ...

Conventional guardrail systems are constructed on the jobsite of lumber and are time-consuming to build and erect, require constant maintenance and are commonly discarded as waste at the conclusion of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - For the second time in less than a year, a failed crash test is raising concerns that highway guardrails may not be able to handle electric vehicles (EVs). In a recent test ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Under an overcast sky last fall, engineers with a University of Nebraska road safety facility watched as an electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on ...

Read full article: Nearing 90-degrees Sunday. Here is when you can expect cool and windy weather to return. LINCOLN, Neb. – Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, ...