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University of Nebraska study finds electric vehicles can smash through guardrails on U.S. highways.
John Sutter : Cars are getting heavier, and electric cars are poised to arrive in the years ahead .
Electric cars often weigh around 30 percent more than gas-powered counterparts, he says.
Sutter says the study is only one study, using a single truck, and its implications are troubling, at least.
Federal Highway Administration shows little interest in assuming responsibility for guardrail overhaul.
Car bloat is not a uniquely American problem; SUV sales are rising around the world, notably in Europe .
France , Norway , and the District of Columbia have enacted policies that force owners of the biggest cars to pay fees that at least partially compensate for the costs imposed on everyone else.
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