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Originally Posted by Hersbird
My bet is their first fail is to use EPA numbers, then they probably fail to penalize things they like that are harmful like added batteries and their replacement
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You make a lot of weird assumptions. (1) Using EPA numbers is not a "fail"..... they are the result of a standardized test in a controlled lab environment, run again-and-again.
(2) They do penalize cars that have batteries. It's one reason they scored the Tesla less clean then a diesel Jetta or Passat. They take into account the pollution created to manufacture the batteries.
(3) Also the perfect score is 100 (no pollution). No car comes anywhere near that. The best is only 59% clean. The Tesla EV only received 37% clean.
Their scoring system is quite harsh.