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You don't need to build your own electric car, there are plenty out there for sale, not all of them are in running order but you get more for your money by buying used, a good example of this is one that I was about an hour to late to buy that sold for $1,500, the motor in it alone cost $3,000! (top of the line, very powerful electric motor) and it had the full set of gauges, wiring, motor adapter, all these parts that would cost time and money, it just needed a speed controller and batteries.
But back to gasoline powered cars, when you are thinking about safety, remember that most crashes are single car accidents and because of that a big part of crash testing is smashing the car in to stationary solid objects and while a large vehicle might be better for crashing in to other vehicles, the statistics seem to show that large vehicles are also more likely to crash because they are harder to control, less nimble and tend to be more top heavy.
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