Tesla Model 3 earns top safety honor from IIHS: It's 'a very safe car'

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Tesla has won the highest safety honor from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for the first time in the electric vehicle maker's history. The Tesla Model 3 earned the 2019 Top Safety Pick award from the organization after achieving a "good" performance in all six IIHS crash tests. The compact car also had to perform well in a headlight test and in a test for its frontal-crash prevention systems. The accomplishment reflects a significant endorsement of Tesla's safety systems, which CEO Elon Musk has often touted.