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To: Don Devlin who wrote (2294)	9/16/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: WALT REISCH	Respond to of 8393

A small mention of EV1, but mentioned none the less (3rd paragraph from the bottom). *************** Ford Taurus, Audi A8 win top U.S. safety ratings Reuters Story - September 15, 1998 22:10 DETROIT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co.'s 1999 Taurus and Sable mid-sized sedans and the 1998 Audi A8 have won the U.S. government's top safety rating in tests to measure protection to occupants in front-end collisions. The models received five-star ratings from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), indicating the cars offered the best crash protection among vehicles of similar weight. In its front-end tests, the NHTSA crashes a vehicle at 35 mph into a fixed barrier. The crash is equivalent to a head-on collision between two identical vehicles each traveling at 35 mph. The NHTSA also said General Motors Corp.'s EV1 electric car received a three-star rating in frontal crashes. That means the EV1, the first mass-marketed electric car, meets the recommended industry requirement for isolating the car's batteries and limiting electrolyte spillage in crashes. The administration said the Audi tests were also valid for 1999 models of the car. Audi is a unit of Germany's Volkswagen AG . Ford, the U.S. No. 2 automaker, also said its Windstar minivan, and Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis full-size sedans won the top rating from the NHTSA.