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Regardless of whether you like CNET or whether you agree with their piece overall, Tesla’s statement to Roadshow about the brake and roll being redundant with the on-track test is exempt from any possible “gushing”. That was just a statement from Tesla. Some possible logical conclusions from this statement alone:
1) Roadshow misreported and Tesla didn’t really say that
2) Tesla honestly thinks the brake and roll test is redundant and it is
3) Tesla honestly thinks the brake and roll test is redundant but it isn’t
4) Tesla removed the test despite a known safety risk

Draw whichever conclusion you like, but this is a gush-free analysis.
@Barklikeadog, which conclusion do you subscribe to? Really I think this comes down to whether you trust what Tesla/Elon says or not. The truth here is important: if Tesla was being dishonest in their statement about test redundancy, then everyone deserves to know. But personally I don't think they were, and dishonesty wouldn't be in their economic interest given what's on the line. There are, however, parties who do have an economic interest to cast aspersions.
 
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Ever read a technical “news” article on a topic that you understand inside and out. Years of study in school, more years at a top company in the field... And then wonder how many other "news" articles are also full of uneducated blabber...

One such example is financial news trying to write about Tesla. Unless I am looking for an opportunity to pick up TSLA shares when the SP is dipping for no good reason I stop reading when they confuse power and energy (e.g. kW and kWh).

Not that I claim to be an expert on the topic, it's more that I learned about those things at such a young age that it is not yet gone from my memory.