Not life threatening, but an 8mph front or rear collision can cause some expensive damage. Not just charging ports, but parking sensors, cameras, led lighting etc.
Much could be designed out - charge ports set back from front or rear, replaceable components rather than complete units, mountings which fail to allow expensive components to survive.
We can't expect manufacturers to do much - they make little money on new cars so exploit the market for distress purchases. Insurance companies just increase the premiums to cover the repair costs.
Perhaps NCAP could be extended to make mandatory minor repair assessments available. Or a decent consumer body (eg Which) start to analyse and publically report. Perhaps I'm probably somewhat naive!!
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