2013 Tesla Model S Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Tesla

image2013 Tesla Model S Long-Term Road Test

2013 Tesla Model S performs well in NHTSA Crash Test Scores.

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  • quadricyclequadricycle Member Posts: 827
    Excellent for a new company, it was obviously a priority.
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    I'd be interested in seeing how it does on something like the new IIHS small overlap crash tests. Does the car have a similar crash structure to traditional ICE vehicles (i.e. two rails and a bumper bar), or is it significantly different?
  • stoneymonsterstoneymonster Member Posts: 28
    duck -

    There is significant internal bracing where the engine in an ICE would normally be. The frontend is very well protected.

    There have been a couple of small offset crashes already in the news (looks for Tesla accident Laguna Canyon, for example) and the car performs quite well. Having said that, I too am quite interested in the IIHS results.
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