Electric Vehicles Are More Likely to Hit Pedestrians Than Gas Cars Are, Study Finds

For another, EVs and Hybrids are increasingly likely to be purchased by younger and less experienced drivers.

If youre moving to an electric car, remember its a new kind of vehicle, Edwards continued.

Drivers of these vehicles need to be extra cautious.

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The analysis included 916,713 car crash casualties, of which around 13 percent were pedestrians.

Around a quarter of pedestrian casualties were as a result of being hit by a battery-powered car.

This article originally appeared onJalopnik.

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