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Tesla is currently mired in “production hell,” but owners are still extremely satisfied with their brand new all-electric vehicles.

In Consumer Reports’ 2017 Annual Owner Satisfaction Survey, the popular review publication found Tesla topped the vehicle satisfaction survey — for the third straight year.

Consumer Reports says the satisfaction score is “based on whether an owner says he or she would buy the same car again” and “measures whether a car lives up to expectations.” Additionally, survey responders rate things like driving experience, comfort, and climate systems. Half a million surveys were collected. Read more…

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Tesla streamed out a new software update to its electric vehicles this week; included is a new acceleration mode called simply “Chill.”

Earlier this week, the car reviewer DragTimes posted a video in which they stumbled upon the new mellow driving option while testing out the latest update in a Tesla Model S, the company’s luxury-class electric vehicle. Here’s how Tesla, in the settings on its touchscreen dashboard, describes Chill mode:

While experimenting with Chill in the Model S 100D, DragTimes found its acceleration in standard mode hit 0 to 60 in just under 4 seconds. But when in Chill mode, the Model S hit 0 to 60 mph in 7.2 seconds, which was described as “ridiculously slow, like what is even the point — no one wants to drive like that.” Read more…

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