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Blame TechCrunch for the blogspammy headline. The original Consumer Reports review states clearly that it scored a 103 based on their existing framework, which
by darkerside 11y ago
Blame TechCrunch for the blogspammy headline. The original Consumer Reports review states clearly that it scored a 103 based on their existing framework, which they adjusted in lieu of that fact.
| In rating it, however, we faced a quandary: The Tesla initially scored 103 in the Consumer Reports' Ratings system, which by definition doesn’t go past 100. The car set a new benchmark, so we had to make changes to our scoring to account for it. Those changes didn’t affect the scores of other cars.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/tesla-model-s-p85d-breaks-consumer-reports-ratings-system.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/tesla-model-s-p85d-b...
- dragontamer 11y agoThanks. The consumer reports article is more direct and practical. I can understand the car breaking new barriers and that they had to tweak their rating system.
- sgustard 11y agoThey might think about future-proofing their rating system while they're tweaking it. By scoring it 100 they have calibrated the P85D as the new "perfect", even while admitting "it has imperfections." What will its score be when future, better cars come along and they have to recalibrate those to 100?