Roof-crush
strength was just one of the reasons that Tesla says its electric car
just came up with a five-star rating in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testing.
Actually,
in its press release Tesla claimed "a new combined record of 5.4
stars," but there actually is no such government rating. The
company said it figured that based on the complicated underlying data
and calculations that go into the star ratings and are provided to
the individual automakers.
But
five stars is NHTSA's top rating and NHTSA issued this statement on
the Tesla release without further comment: "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is committed to improving safety on the
nation's roadways. The agency's 5-Star Safety Ratings program is
designed to provide consumers with information about the crash
protection and rollover safety of new vehicles beyond what is
required by Federal standards. One star is the lowest rating; five
stars is the highest. More stars equal safer cars. NHTSA does not
rate vehicles beyond 5 stars and does not rank or order vehicles
within the starred categories."
Still,
while other plug-in electric models have overall five-star ratings,
Tesla's getting a perfect five stars in each of the three test areas
that go into the overall rating is relatively rare.
The
2014 Ford Focus electric also is rated five stars overall and in
side-crash testing, but four in rollover and frontal-crash testing.
The 2014 Chevrolet Volt is rated five stars overall but has a four in
frontal-crash testing. Nissan Leaf is rated four stars overall. See more..
Source:
usatoday
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