Passing safety tests is mostly an exercise in designing for a target market. If you want to sell a car for a global market, you design it to pass the tests tha

Passing safety tests is mostly an exercise in designing for a target market. If you want to sell a car for a global market, you design it to pass the tests that are required to sell it there. The reason a $5000 Chinese microcar EV with 50 mile range and 45mph top speed probably isn't going to meet US safety standards because it's a pointless exercise. The car isn't designed for those buyers, and will never be sold there. EVs built for western market export will be more expensive, but 'cheap' by western standards, and designed for those markets.