EV crash tests expose guardrail safety risks [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Tesla owner Damon Lister loves everything about his electric vehicle. He had no problem showing off the interior of his Telsa.

“Look at this! You just hit here, and then take a look at the computer screen,” said Lister as he showed us the clean lines and added technology the car has. He’s had it for a year now and doesn’t look back.

“It’s so smooth. It’s so zippy around town,” Lister said.

He’s not the only one that feels this way. It’s why our roads are loaded with more and more electric vehicles.

“We see a lot of Teslas. We kind of do a little wave when we pass each other,” Lister said.

But it’s also why the Midwest Roadside Safety Facilityat the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently conducted a first-of-its-kind crash test of an EV pickup truck to better understand whether guardrails are prepared …