I don't have a dog in this fight. I hope Tesla succeeds.

But, there is a flaw in your argument. CR reviews of the prior generation of Tesla's have been glowing. The Model 3 not so good. CR doesn't have an axe to grind against Tesla. They objectively tested it and found it less than satisfactory. 

What happened to the Model 3 can be expected. In the rush to put the model into service, the quality is far from acceptable. 


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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.