They seem to have improved this scenario while not lowering any of the other test scores, hard to consider it 'cheating'.
The XC40 has a very similar result with the car skipping the barrier (and also earned the highest mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQ6TJ0pZIg
Volvo and Tesla are the only two automakers that have their own crash labs. They've release a video recently talking about their safety program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KR2N_Q8ep8
or how the Model 3 fared in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be5MLDXUvHE
They seem to have improved this scenario while not lowering any of the other test scores, hard to consider it 'cheating'. The XC40 has a very similar result with the car skipping the barrier (and also earned the highest mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQ6TJ0pZIg
Volvo and Tesla are the only two automakers that have their own crash labs. They've release a video recently talking about their safety program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KR2N_Q8ep8