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Tesla Model 3 loses Consumer Reports recommendation over ‘reliability problems’

sudshr47 February 21, 2019

Consumer Reports has placed the Tesla Model 3 into that fun-to-drive, terribly unreliable category where brands like Alfa Romeo, Land Rover and Masterati also live. Consumer Reports, which has a complicated relationship with Tesla, says it can no longer recommend the Model 3 because issues with the paint, trim and body hardware raises reliability questions. […]

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Consumer Reports pulls its Tesla Model 3 recommendation

sudshr47 February 21, 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn’t going to like thisConsumer Reports announced Thursday that it is no longer recommending the Tesla Model 3 all-electric sedan.
This comes less than a year after it earned the coveted “Recommended” label from the review organi…

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sudshr47 February 9, 2019 Startups

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E-scooter injuries keep piling up

sudshr47 February 7, 2019

E-scooters can cause way more than a few scrapes and bruises.

A UC Los Angeles study from last month looked at two Southern California hospitals and the number of electric scooter injuries reported there for about a year. It totaled 250 people sent to the ER and 100 with head injuries. Now Consumer Reports has found throughout the country more than 1,500 scooter-related injuries that can be blamed on the two-wheeled vehicles.

In a report released this week looking at e-scooter crashes since the end of 2017 when the motorized scooters started arriving en masse, CR found 1,545 patients treated for scooter-related injuries. This number was determined by contacting 110 hospitals and five transportation agencies. Sixty medical centers and other police, city, and transportation agencies responded. All cities had a major e-scooter-sharing company like Lime or Bird introduced to the area in the past year. Read more…

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Consumer Reports just reversed its stance on the Tesla Model 3, giving the car its endorsement

sudshr47 May 30, 2018

It sometimes reads like a terrible love story, the relationship between Consumer Reports and electric car company Tesla . Consumer Reports withholds its affection, Tesla addresses its errant ways, and not long afterward, the two come happily come together until the next car review. We saw this happen in late 2015, when Consumer Reports assigned Tesla’s […]

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Consumer Reports snubs Tesla on Model 3 recommendation

sudshr47 May 21, 2018

Tesla and the independent product review publication Consumer Reports have had a hot-and-cold relationship for many years.

The buyer’s guide has been smitten and quick to praise the electric car maker at times. But on Monday, Consumer Reports said it couldn’t recommend the new Model 3 sedan after finally testing the electric vehicle.

The report said “we found plenty to like” about the affordable Model 3 that starts at $35,000, but ultimately, “our testers also found flaws—big flaws—such as long stopping distances in our emergency braking test and difficult-to-use controls.”

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