New weight restrictions due to Tesla electric cars
The company Tesla, which began in 2003, gained incredible popularity about 5 years ago thanks to the creation of electric cars, one of which eventually became the best-selling electric car in history. After 20 years, the company can now boast of being the world’s most expensive car brand.
Vehicles of this brand are equipped with a range of necessary functions and features that significantly improve the quality of driving, convenience, and safety. They are evaluated as unique, exceptional, highly comfortable, and able to provide a high level of safety. However, these cars weigh more than one would like due to the weight category of the internal built-in battery. In 2022, news broke that the weight limit for car transport needs to be increased due to the high popularity of the brand’s models worldwide. But many wondered if this measure would be safe.
As it turns out, the increase in weight restrictions by five to ten percent to 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight by the request of U.S. lawmakers and President Joe Biden is due to the need to gradually and rapidly switch to the transportation of primarily electric cars by 2030.
Why are electric cars so popular? It is known that electric car models are well-known not only for the above-mentioned advantages but also for their level of environmental friendliness. They are capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, which already sets them apart from the crowd of average, most familiar European cars. In addition, the level of safety is found to be 30% higher, which speaks to the greatest benefit for both the driver and the surrounding people. If electric cars can only pollute the environment at the beginning, during production, and at the end, European cars are much more likely to be the cause of air pollution.
Undoubtedly, one can spend enough time discussing the benefits of electric cars and their models. But the question remains: will it be safe to raise weight restrictions? The idea is to transport the same number of cars but with greater weight without reducing productivity. Undoubtedly, carriers and companies engaged in this industry are ready to provide a mass of arguments against this, such as high wear and tear of roads, the most difficult-to-manage brake, heavy descents, ascents, and turns.
Despite the concerns mentioned above, it remains only to guess and worry about the demonstrated responsibility towards achieving maximum safety and what weight restrictions will follow by 2030.