Wednesday, April 27, 2011

2 electric cars earn top safety ratings

DETROIT — The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf got top safety ratings in some of the first tests of electric cars by insurer-funded researchers.Both earned top scores for front, side, and rear impact crashes and for rollover crash protection in tests for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Read more:http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2011/04/27/2_electric_cars_earn_top_safety_ratings/

Article courtesy of The Boston Globe-Green Blog