Tesla Model S Crash Tests (2017)
Tesla Motors has rocked the automotive industry to its very framework, showing that a new company can really challenge the status quo American automobile company latest achievement is to get the 5-star safety rating in front, side and trials of side pole crash and rollover assessment conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety administration and this is not just a rounded-up score, as is common, but the S model really aced every major test and subtest more automotive safety.
In 2011, NHTSA has made its most stringent test, as most vehicles have been coming through the program evaluations 5 stars This is not the case today Yet Tesla Motors said that based security overall score of vehicles provided to manufacturers, the S model reached a new combined record 5 4 star more on the tests of the government and the insurance industry crash test 101.
Like the S model has distinct advantages in our road test program is a sound of electric cars, fuel economy, etc., the design of the car, it gives an advantage to crash tests, and before there is no engine to manage in a crash, only space rustling even in the back, there is no fuel tank, the electric motor is only about a foot diameter, and the battery pack is located.
More impressive, the S model scored well for the side pole test, which simulates the car hits a narrow object like a tree or utility pole This test 20 mph focuses the impact forces over a small area, and it can humble many cars Tesla quotes nested designed aluminum side rails as to preserve the car 63 5 percent of the driver's area.
It is not surprising that the model did well in the rollover test, helped by a wide stance and low center of gravity.
Tesla Motors stresses that its lithium-ion battery did not catch fire at any time before, during or after the NHTSA test an obvious dig against the problems that had arisen with competing models electrified In addition, the company is not aware death of the occupants with her original Roadster or model S.
Moreover, Tesla Motors has undergone a roof crush test conducted by an independent facility, which the machine failed before the roof was compressed Tesla claims the proven protection equivalent to stack four S model vehicles over the car test.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has not tested the S model, and points out he has no current plans to do so.
An exceptional car by any measure, the S model is the highest scoring car in our assessments, winning 99 out of 100 points overall and government tests show that it is the safest vehicle on the market by their actions leaving only the reliability as an open question we hope to answer this fall, when our latest data are published.
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