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on Friday August 28 2015, @07:20PM
from the vroom-vroooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm dept.
from the vroom-vroooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm dept.
A score of 103 out of 100 could be called kind of... Insane. This is exactly what the Tesla Model S P85D in 'Insane' mode received during testing by Consumer Reports (CR), a score so off-the-charts good that it actually broke the scale and forced CR to revise how they measure things. The official score with the new, updated methodology will be 100/100.
What made the Tesla break the ratings was the combination of supercar performance and extreme energy efficiency. These things haven't historically been found together, and so CR never had a car that go such high scores in both columns.
Impressive, but alas...traffic.
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The New Tesla Broke the Consumer Reports Rating System With a Score of 103%
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Friday August 28 2015, @09:22PM
Even long trips, man. Are you older than 35? You probably want a break from the driving every couple of hours to go to the bathroom and stretch your legs. That's plenty of time to top off batteries at a supercharger. Have kids? Guarantee you, they have to go pee every 45 minutes.
The counter-argument of gas-powered cars vs. the supposed shortcomings of EVs has crossed the frontier into the ridiculous. "Oh, but if I had an electric car I wouldn't be able to drive 30 hours in a stretch with no stopping..." because gas-powered cars never have to stop to re-fuel or accommodate the needs of their human drivers.
Mind you, I'm not arguing with you or disagreeing with you, so much as riffing off what you've reasonably said.
Washington DC delenda est.