This isn’t the first electric truck to receive the honor as the F-150 Lightning also got five stars.

Tesla's Cybertruck may boast a polarizing design, but the federal government says it's certainly not an unsafe one. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's testing, the Cybertruck has received five-star ratings in multiple safety trial crash tests — and appears even safer than most pickup trucks in at least one category.

The angular electric truck was put through a battery of tests to simulate head-on and side crashes, as well as rollovers.

These days, Tesla and its vehicles are in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. But the Cybertruck has finally undergone crash tests by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the results have been shared with the public.

Tesla made a big deal about the Cybertruck’s rigid structure and safety features, but the EV only recently received its first round of government crash tests. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) tested the 2024 Cybertruck during its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP),

NHTSA has independently tested Tesla Cybertruck, and it got a top 5-star rating despite some claiming that it would