NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History 627
cartechboy writes "Even crashing into a wall is good news nowadays for Tesla Motors. Independent testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has awarded the company a 5-star safety rating, not just overall, but in every subcategory. While its five-star score across the board has been attained by other vehicles (around one percent of all cars tested are capable of such a score) its ratings in individual categories are higher than any other vehicle, including larger SUVs and minivans. What's really interesting is that part of the safety rating may be because the car is electric."
Five Star (Score:5, Funny)
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:1, Funny)
I kid, I kid. BP, I expect my check by the end of the month.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:4, Funny)
Just find some old Pintos and have every bad guy drive those.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:5, Funny)
Gasoline engines are well noted for their ability to work underwater.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:4, Funny)
When you roll the thing over, you want it to be rigid so that it doesn't bend to intersect with your empty skull.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:0, Funny)
Gasoline engines are well noted for their ability to work underwater.
Yes they do work great submerged. All you need is a snorkel or air supply butt a gasoline engine had no problem what so ever working underwater.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:5, Funny)
I am taking that as sarcasm. However it is tough to tell with these posts, you could just be wrong.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:5, Funny)
Not artificially high? How come North American cars don't have amber turn signals then?
They are amber, you just can't tell because nobody uses them. They just give you a gentle nudge to tell you they are changing lanes.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:5, Funny)
What I'm afraid is that there will no longer be explosions when a car barely collides in movies [U+2e2e]
[Unless it is a documentary about 'accidents' like Michael Hastings'...]
Don't worry, movie producers will rig the cars with Tesla Coils and there will be an impressive array of electrical discharge arcs emanating from the car, incinerating everything in the vicinity.
Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score:5, Funny)
If the color of turn signals is the main plank of your safety argument, you've failed.
Re:Five Star (Score:5, Funny)
4 Cars? (Score:5, Funny)
"And just how strong is the Model S roof, which is secured with aerospace-grade bolts? It broke a testing machine that was pushing down on the roof with the equivalent of the weight of four cars."
Four cars? Pshaw. Forty years ago my Volvo could bench press 6.
http://imgur.com/kmdoVYR [imgur.com]