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According to overseas media reports, Tesla received safety approval from the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS), and the company's Model 3 won the title of "best safety choice" for the first time.

A few days ago, the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) conducted a number of tests on Model 3 owned by Tesla. In all eight tests, including vehicle crashworthiness, occupant protection, anti-collision function and headlight system, Model 3 got a "good" rating, which is the best score given by IIHS.

According to IIHS, Tesla's automatic emergency braking system performed well and avoided collisions in both 12 mph and 25 mph tests. However, the Model 3 performed mediocre in two places, with IIHS saying that the version before June 2018 had only "acceptable" headlights. In addition, on all models, the group said drivers had a "moderate risk of injury to the left lower leg" in frontal crashes.

It is understood that the Model3 is the second electric car to win the award, and the Audi E-Tron is the first car to win the award in August this year. In addition, Tesla Model S also participated in the IIHS safety test, achieved good results but did not get the highest safety rating, while Tesla Model X never participated in the IIHS safety test.

While Model 3 got such a high score, Tesla also said in a blog post on the company's website that "our customer's safety is the most important, which is why our active safety features and passive safety devices have become the standard for all our cars."

Prior to this, Tesla Model 3 has received a high rating in a variety of safety tests. These include the U.S. Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) five-star rating and the car with the least chance of being injured in crashes, the European Union New car Safety Evaluation Association (Euro NCAP) five-star rating and the new safety technology benchmark, and the Australian New car Safety Evaluation Association (A NCAP) five-star rating.

But it has also been questioned by some regulators. Because since last year, the US auto safety watchdog has issued at least five subpoenas to Tesla for information about car accidents related to his cars.

As early as last year, the US Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a stop notice to Tesla, saying that the latter had made a "misleading statement" about the safety level of model 3.

Jonathan Morrison, chief adviser to the NHTSA Administration, wrote: "it is inaccurate to claim that Model 3 has the 'lowest probability of injury of all vehicles', or that Model 3 passengers are 'unlikely to be seriously injured' or 'have the best chance of avoiding serious injury'," he added, adding that Tesla's statement violated the Authority's guidelines.

In response, Tesla denied that he had claimed that the five-star car was "the safest car", but the company said publicly that it was designed to be "the safest car ever".

In the end, when asked to comment on the documents, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration did not mention Tesla, but said it was "committed to strict and appropriate safety oversight of the industry as a whole".

Instead, security groups criticized Tesla and Musk for being vague in their description of some of the autonomous driving functions, or Autopilot. In fact, Autopilot is not a fully autopilot system.

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