This is something I hear from people occasionally, but is it true, or are they just the safest cars for their size and weight? If a Ford F350 and a Tesla Model 3 crashed head-on, would the Tesla occupants sustain less injuries? After all, the Ford F350 has a significant amount of size and weight on its side. One might say it's not fair to compare vehicles of different weight classes, but I would say it's important to consider the reality of crash scenarios on the road. Ultimately, the safety of a vehicle depends on several factors, such as its design, construction, and equipped safety features. While Teslas have received high safety ratings and have some advanced safety features, I don't believe it's accurate to say they are the safest cars on the road without considering the context of the crash scenario and the comparison to other vehicles in different weight classes.
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https://www.whatcar.com/news/the-safest-cars-on-sale-today/n19724
The Model 3 was originally tested by Euro NCAP in 2019, scoring 350.
Note: Kia EV3 did not achieve 5 star rating.
How the Tesla Model 3 became the world’s safest car
He shows how the very aspect of having a flat battery floor and a glass roof that is supported by a solid frame makes the car safer.
That the glass roof is actually stronger than sheet metal, but how it breaks distributes energy away from passengers unlike a sheet metal roof that collapses into passengers.The floor, makes all Teslas extremely hard to flip, and allows for the chassis to have much better crumple zones that again, distribute energy away from passengers.
He then shows how a Tesla model 3 that was hit in a side impact at 70mph and made for one of the extremely rare cases of flipping still resulted in only minor injuries to person in the model 3.Additionally he shows many crash prevention features that of course were not part of the NTSA rating review as they are preventative.
One key one... the emergency lane departure, yes many cars now have this... but I note it as the very feature that would have prevented the accident I was in as an infant were an uncle flipped his VW Beattle off the freeway with us in it.
One feature no other car has...
A Tesla can see through several cars ahead and behind. So if a car you cannot see suddenly stops or wrecks, your car tells you in time to react before the cars in front of you drive into a pileup. I have been the middle car in a pileup before... my car then was stopped so this wouldn’t have protected me, but it would have protected 3 of the 4 behind me if they had been Teslas, and that in turn would have stopped them from hitting me...