macdarren

I don't know but that concrete barricade looks old...the orange one looks new.  I suspect the concrete barricade has been there for some time and yes on a dark or stormy night it might not be obvious....I suspect hitting that concrete barricade at a high rate of speed might have been the cause of the accident....  Probably it should be reflective painted or well lit or the new orange barricade in front....  Under no circumstance is Google to blame...the driver and the road maintance dept maybe.  Ultimately the driver is responsible for where a vehicle goes..it is the driver's responsibility to not drive where it is dangerous not the world's job to softly prevent them from doing so.

I think a small third party external battery pack that has a power pass thru and is stuck over the existing port on the machine and anchored security to the back would be a nice product (color matched of course),  it would use the existing magnetic cable as input so you get to keep all the benefits of that too...not sure it would sell in a big enough volume, given how unlikely the cord being pulled might be...it could serve as a short term UPS too in power challenged areas...this way it doesn't go inside with the associated issues and is available to only those that want it.  If I see a spec sometime on that apple connector and have some time I might even build one.