Tesla Model 3 Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From NHTSA (jalopnik.com)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded the Tesla Model 3 with a five-star safety rating -- the highest possible score. This means that every car Tesla has built has earned a five-star rating. Jalopnik reports: The NHTSA tests cover three primary categories: Frontal Crash, Side Crash, and Rollover, and the Model 3 received the highest ratings in all categories. For some categories, it's easy to understand why Teslas do so well. Rollover resistance, for example, makes sense for cars that carry most of their weight at the very bottom, in the batteries sandwiched in the Tesla's chassis design. Other reasons for the remarkable crash safety may be that, without the need for a heavy chunk of metal as a drivetrain, effective and large crumple zones can be designed in, front and rear. The NHTSA has released videos of their frontal collision test, side pole collision test, and side collision test, for those who like watching these sort of things.

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Any people wonder why the model 3 is hot

[SuperKendall]

In other stories, people have scoffed at the notion model 3 cars could possibly be more popular than luxury electric models coming out.

Yet here we have another reason beyond just top acceleration numbers why people may want to get a Tesla rather than something else...

Time for a breath of fresh air

[drinkypoo]

Now can we finally see the end of the morons claiming that Tesla doesn't know how to build cars, because it's harrrrrrrd? Sure, it's a hard job. That's why Tesla hired people who know how to do it.

Re: Time for a breath of fresh air

[Luckyo]

The lies are getting rather desperate considering that the only two automotive majors that haven't gone bankrupt are Ford and Tesla. All others have.

You have to at least try to make it look like you're not just lying through your teeth you know.

Re: Time for a breath of fresh air

[SuperKendall]

Tesla still doesn't know how to build cars. As in, in volume

Can you build 8000 cars a month? Because Tesla is almost there.

You see, once they figured out how to actually produce in volume, from there it's very easy to scale up (as long as you are not constrained by suppliers).

Building them for sale without going broke is what is hard, and what Tesla cannot do.

That sounds scary! Lucky for Tesla what you are saying is a bald-faced lie. But then you are an AC so I'm sure no-one believed what you were saying anyway.