If you thought the controversy over the recent Top Gear video was over, we have news for you: it's not.

The BBC-owned publication issued a statement yesterday in an attempt to clear up the situation, explaining why it used fake numbers in its video that matched a Porsche Taycan against a Tesla Model S. Meanwhile, on this side of the pond, Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighed in on Twitter (natch). First, let's look at the TG clarification.

In a post published yesterday on the website portion of the Top Gear franchise, the editors admitted that they used fake numbers in their article. If you suspected the reason behind that was some simple bumbling or loss of the fresh figures, you'd be wrong. They claim they went with the fake digits – they were originally generated during an older comparison of the Tesla Model S versus the Mercedes C63 – because they were actually better than the best results produced in this latest test. Yes, it's a head-scratcher.

Besides offering this nonsensical explanation, the site also defended its testing procedure, saying, "...we ran the drag race five times and the Porsche won every time by a small but increasing margin with each subsequent race." It also added that, "... the Tesla was in Ludicrous+ mode, the battery was pre-conditioned and both cars had around 85 per cent charge before the first run."