Then when the nhtsa tried to test the roof crush protection the model s broke the machine.
Tesla breaks roof crush.
Before you discount them.
Update 8 21 with nhtsa statement on tesla crash results and press release.
Front side pole and rollover.
But the model s aced them all.
When it did the model s scored 50 percent better than the next highest scored vehicles.
Tesla model s breaks crash test machine as crash test boasts go tesla is claiming a good one.
Then of course there s the roof crush that tesla won t stop talking about where the model s broke the testing equipment after it exceeded 4gs of gravitational force.
The tesla model s performed so well in nhtsa crash tests that it earned a 5 4 out of five stars and broke the roof crush machine in the process.
I am glad tesla service was super responsive and took immediate care of me.
And tesla adds in its announcement that during a previous roof crush test used during validation the machine failed while applying.
The roof of its model s electric sedan is apparently so strong that.
There is no damage from the outside to the glass roof.
Watch the ev suffer through its trials like a.
The roof of its model s electric sedan is apparently so strong that it broke a testing machine during.
Tesla motors founder elon musk once joked that the model s would get six or seven star ratings from the nhtsa if the agency s rating system went that high.
While the exact number is uncertain due to model s breaking the testing machine what this means is that at least four additional fully loaded model s vehicles could be placed on top of an owner s car without the roof caving in.