In the past, laminated glass was usually installed in the windshield, with side and rear windows being tempered only.

The difference is that tempered glass is per-stressed so that when it cracks, it shatters into many tiny and dull pieces. Laminated is the same thing, but with layers of plastic sandwiched with layers of tempered glass. Laminated glass will still shatter, but will be held together by the plastic layers.

In an emergency, small improvised, or purpose built tools meant to shatter tempered glass will be useless if the glass is laminated.

  • @Malfeasant
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    13 months ago

    Is there a separate 12v battery, or are the 12v bits run from a dc-dc converter powered by the high voltage system?

    • @darganon
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      23 months ago

      There is a separate 12v that gets recharged by the HV.