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Can you source that actual claim about Model S?

• greglindahl 11y ago
  Tesla press release: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130820005458/http://www.teslamotors.com/about/press/releases/tesla-model-s-achieves-best-safety-rating-any-car-ever-tested http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130820005458/http://www.tes... (Edit: I had to link to the wayback machine because Tesla subsequently removed the press release. Alternately, there's also the blog posting that you yourself pointed to elsewhere in this thread, with the same language: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-model-s-achieves-best-safety-rating-any-car-ever-tested http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-model-s-achieves-best-...) The feds pushed back that 5 stars is the max, and there's no such thing as doing better than 5 stars.
  • 36erhefg 11y ago
    And where is the claim, I can't seem to find it in your link. Edit: My comment is still valid, there was simply no such claim made.
    • greglindahl 11y ago
      This is the claim that the feds disagreed with: "NHTSA does not publish a star rating above 5, however safety levels better than 5 stars are captured in the overall Vehicle Safety Score (VSS) provided to manufacturers, where the Model S achieved a new combined record of 5.4 stars." Elsewhere in this thread, you point to a different Tesla blog post with the exact same language!
      • 36erhefg 11y ago
        And the only problem is because they technically used 5.4 and stars together. If they called 5.4 with some other magical unit they invented, or simply called it theoretical/hypothetical rating, there would be no problem. They also make it pretty clear: NHTSA does not publish a star rating above 5 You would have to be either a lawyer or pretty dense to see that as deceptive.
    • outericky 11y ago
      The first paragraph ends with "...where the Model S achieved a new combined record of 5.4 stars."