When the Chevrolet Volt turns up in the news, it's usually in regards to its electric powertrain, which has been a top selling point for General Motors thus far. However, the most recent news to come out of the Volt camp is the fact that the car has earned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) highest possible safety rating of five stars.

The NHTSA recently revised its testing to make achieving five stars significantly harder for automakers to achieve, as it seemed like nearly ever car tested in years prior was able to earn five stars. Models must pass a front, side and rollover test to earn the honor.

The Volt did very well on the rollover and side-impact test, scoring five stars on both. There was a minor hiccup on the front-impact test, where the car was only rated four stars. There was actually a gender discrepancy here – the car earned five stars with a male test dummy, but the female model suffered more damage and caused the score to be lowered to a four.

Still, the two five-star scores along with the four were enough to earn the car the highest possible rating overall, which is something Chevrolet will likely be playing up in future advertisements for the vehicle.

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