Sorry Tesla haters, the Model 3 just got a perfect safety rating

Finally, some news Tesla can brag about. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently tested the new Tesla Model 3 (yes, the same car that forced CEO Elon Musk to sleep at the Tesla factory). The results? A perfect five-star safety rating for the rear-wheel and all-wheel drive versions of the Tesla Model 3. 

Tesla, buried in endless problems like SEC lawsuits and terrible Elon Musk tweets, made sure to put the safety test results front and center Sunday.

In a blog post titled, “Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any vehicle ever tested by NHTSA,” the company boasted that “not only has Model 3 achieved a perfect 5-star safety rating in every category and sub-category, but NHTSA’s tests also show that it has the lowest probability of injury of all cars the safety agency has ever tested.”

The car company made sure to remind us that its Model S and Model X cars also scored well, “making Tesla vehicles the best ever rated by NHTSA.”

We reached out to the NHTSA to confirm the claims, but the publicly available crash reports do show high marks for the newest Tesla and its predecessors.

The car was tested in front, side, and rollover crash situations — and in every test received the maximum five stars.

Tesla says the fact that the heaviest components, like the battery pack, are close to the car’s center of gravity makes the Model 3 so safe. For front crashes, Tesla hailed its “superior front crumple zone that is optimized to absorb energy and crush more efficiently.”

If only the CEO performed as well as his vehicles.