Saturday 16 February 2013

Controversy over New York Times road test of the Tesla Model S

The New York Times article, "Stalled Out on Tesla's Electric Highway"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev-highway.html?_r=0

Rebuttal by Elon Musk, Tesla Chairman, Product Architect & CEO, "A Most Peculiar Test Drive"
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

Green Car Reports list of discrepancies between Tesla & New York Times accounts
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1082296_teslas-elon-musk-ny-times-disturbing-discrepancies-on-model-s-range-reporting

Tesla Model S owners crowdsource trip to counter NY Times report
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1082366_tesla-model-s-owners-crowdsource-trip-to-counter-ny-times-report     / EV electric vehicle LiIon lithium ion battery charge recharge Tesla Model S  last Sunday critical New York Times road test set defiant Tesla Model S owners are setting out to prove Times reporter John Broder wrong replicate trip Maryland Connecticut fully recharging their electric luxury sport sedans show that the cars are quite capable of making the trip he couldn't Tesla Service Center in Rockville Maryland arrive at the Delaware SuperCharger site connect with three additional Model S drivers, setting off fully charged stop again Milford Connecticut SuperCharger recharge their cars to full three drivers will even stay at a hotel in Groton, Connecticut just as Broder did returning the next morning to the MIlford SuperCharger to recharge once again drivers will head home replicate the trip as closely as possible said driver Aaron Schildkraut but showing that with proper full charges even not plugging in overnight at the hotel that the trip can be made owners have asked Tesla Motors NSDQ TSLA for access to their cars' data logs afterward, to provide the same level of detail that Tesla offered in Musk's rebuttal post Twitter account TeslaRoadTrip been set up team members can post regular updates during the weekend Perhaps Tesla's tweet-happy CEO Elon Musk will RT some of their updates retweet re-tweet /

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