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Tesla Motors continues to insist that the Model S is an extremely safe vehicle, and is re-citing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as evidence. Dogged by a handful of car fires during the past few months, Tesla says NHTSA is reaffirming the Model S's five-star safety rating for the 2014 model-year vehicles. Heck, Tesla's gone one step further, saying that the German Federal Motor Transport Authority, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) is also giving the EV a clean bill of safety health.

Tesla is no stranger to promoting safety, going as far as to say in August that NHTSA called the Model S the safest car it ever tested. That prompted NHTSA to quickly clarify that the Tesla received the agency's highest possible rating, as did a number of other cars.

Tesla is not standing still in regards the fires. The company recently added a software function that automatically cuts down the electric-charge current by about 25 percent when the car's power supply fluctuates too much. The company also said the most recent fire involving a Model S - in Orange County, CA - was caused by an overheated wall-charging system, and cited the Orange County Fire Authority to second that emotion. Check out Tesla's press release about safety ratings below.Continue reading Tesla says NHTSA says Model S remains safe

Tesla says NHTSA says Model S remains safe originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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