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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by stcredzero on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:20PM (#13710540)
his cars are tank secured for instance, not crass profit

What is "tank secured?"

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by agumonkey on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:26PM (#13710575)
Didn't Tesla forced crash tests to recalibrate their grading system because Tesla literally went up to 11 ?
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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by will_hughes on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:06PM (#13710778)
I think you're mixing up two things.

Consumer Reports's testing which went off their scale[0], and the NHTSA crash testing which apparently broke the machine for the roof crush test[1]

[0] http://www.autonews.com/article/20150827/RETAIL03/150829910/...

[1] https://www.wired.com/2013/08/tesla-model-s-crash-test/

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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim... by stcredzero on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:50PM (#13710697)
This early jet airliner was "tank tested."

http://www.dh-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/dh106/comet1/inquiry/

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