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IIHS awards Chevrolet Volt & Nissan Leaf top ratings in 1st US crash tests of mainstream electric cars

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IIHS says that the result demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles. That lifts General Motors’ current model tally to 12 and Nissan’s to 3. The Volt and Leaf are the first mainstream electric cars the Institute has tested.

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