But that’s not how experimental design and statistical analysis work. Just that first statement violates so many rules of communicating the results of experiments, it boggles the mind.
It’s simple to say that the NHTSA testing does not prove any of those things.
If Tesla had stuck to, “The Model 3 achieved the best score ever in NHTSA testing” they would be implying many of those things, but not outright saying them. If I were in the NHTSA, I would be uncomfortable with that and might send them a letter objecting to their use of my testing, but not block their use of it. Since the 4 statements you list outright lie about the meaning of the test results, yeah, NHTSA has every right to demand their removal.
