Tesla Stands By Stance It Is The Safest Car On The Planet After Regulators Dispute Claims

Electric carmaker Tesla Inc. stood by its Model 3 safety claims on Wednesday in the face of regulatory scrutiny, while documents showed the top U.S. automotive safety watchdog issued at least five subpoenas since last year seeking information about crashes involving the company's vehicles.

Tesla, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has said the Model 3 "was engineered to be the safest car ever built" with the lowest probability of injury of all vehicles ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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scenicbyway12 - 8/8/2019 7:43:51 PM

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""Tesla has provided consumers with fair and objective information to compare the relative safety of vehicles having 5-star overall ratings,” said Al Prescott, Tesla’s deputy general counsel. Turns out this is not the first time the NHTSA has taken issue with Tesla. Back in 2013, Tesla said the Model S earned a vehicle safety score of 5.4 stars, but the NHTSA doesn’t rate vehicles beyond 5 stars."

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