[Paul Henry X-Ray]

This happens constantly, regardless of vehicle. Though, as one coming from a long line of "dumb" vehicles, why wouldn't your collision avoidance kick in?

Had the same thought. Maybe some fluke where the building’s reflective windows interfered?

 

[Dadn8or]

It happened to fast for it to react. I had a friend that did the same thing in a Tesla Model S

 

[notjustanydad]

I drive my EV6 with level 3 regen and I find that I stop way quicker than when I'm driving my ICE vehicle. The fact that I'm already breaking before I reach the break peddle will lessen the likelihood of an accident or at least lower the impact speed. With that said after 17k miles, I had a fender bender with a car that took off the decided to nearly stop though the light turned green. After talking to the occupants, I didn't think it was deliberate. They were both young and likely distracted. My shoe sideswiped the break peddle on the way up and caught causing just enough lost time not to break. I would've hoped for collision avoidance to kick it but we may not have been traveling at a high enough speed or there was just too little time. I have dash cam but didn't feel it was worth fighting, I could have prevented it. My car looked perfectly fine but the trunk on their new Sentra was messed up. The sensor clips on my car failed about a month later and lead me to finally take my car into the shop, the whole bumper needs to be replaced and painted. It's only been a week so I'm not sure the cost yet.

I now understand why some manufactures set the break and acceleration pedals to the same height.

EV's supposedly have a higher insurance rate because they're totaled out more often and their parts generally take longer so the repair time keeps you in a rental longer. Tesla's poor initial repairability and length of times to repair is partially to blame for the prices. The pandemic exacerbated that shortage of parts and delays, especially considering manufactures barely had the parts to build the few cars they were shipping. Though EV's have a 40% lower injury rate, I think our insurance companies owe us an explanation.

One of many articles proving the safety of EV's

With more electric vehicles comes more proof of safety

The awards come as a new analysis of insurance data shows injury claims are less common for electric vehicles.

www.iihs.org

 

[Lou]

You know what is concerning, if you are in an accident with either vehicle, the Ioniq 5 or EV6, the parts have to be ordered Thru the manufacturer and the backlog is at least 5 to 6 months so my advice is to "drive defensively" or you will be without a car for months.