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4. Here is Tesla Motor's scathing response, on their website, NYT is Busted!

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 12:37 AM

Feb 2013

After a negative experience several years ago with Top Gear, a popular automotive show, where they pretended that our car ran out of energy and had to be pushed back to the garage, we always carefully data log media drives.

While the vast majority of journalists are honest, some believe the facts shouldn’t get in the way of a salacious story. In the case of Top Gear, they had literally written the script before they even received the car (we happened to find a copy of the script on a table while the car was being “tested”). Our car never even had a chance.

Read the full story at:

http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive

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Tesla's Revenge [View all] rightsideout Feb 2013 OP

That is a beautiful vehicle, you are soo lucky! Thanks for sharing, very cool! nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #1

Thanks!! rightsideout Feb 2013 #7

Now if we could just get his ideas for powering the world working... Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #8

I always wondered evilhime Feb 2013 #10

It actually depends on the voltage and current you're charging at. rightsideout Feb 2013 #19

Gorgeous car. Me likee. Me wantee. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #2

And 36 solar panels are not pricey? awake Feb 2013 #5

Solar can be pricey but it's becoming more affordable each year rightsideout Feb 2013 #11

Plus, all you WON'T be spending on gas! gateley Feb 2013 #27

+1 ellisonz Feb 2013 #36

I love everything about the Tesla company. gateley Feb 2013 #43

Not true Nevernose Feb 2013 #29

This may be true if you live right next to a power plant awake Feb 2013 #47

I think that accounts for the difference Nevernose Feb 2013 #48

I saw a commercial today Politicalboi Feb 2013 #3

I think that was the Dodge Dart rightsideout Feb 2013 #12

Here is Tesla Motor's scathing response, on their website, NYT is Busted! NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #4

fuck top gear.. frylock Feb 2013 #17

I do not agree, here is there response..... Logical Feb 2013 #21

If you are driving an EV today, you are a pioneer rightsideout Feb 2013 #31

I 100% agree with you, but a person pointing out issues is not wrong! Logical Feb 2013 #44

The concise response from Broder would have been, "I'm a lying asshat!" Kennah Feb 2013 #32

LOL, didnt read a word of it I can tell. Typical gut reaction! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #45

Your clairvoyance is off. I read Broder, Tesla, then Broder. Please play again some time. Kennah Feb 2013 #46

That reporter is a hack. n/t ellisonz Feb 2013 #37

Even if you charge it off the fossil fuel grid... longship Feb 2013 #6

does it come in 4 doors ? i might like a dark blue or black version JI7 Feb 2013 #9

Yep, the Model S comes in four doors. rightsideout Feb 2013 #13

that's probably the coolest looking eco friendly car i have seen JI7 Feb 2013 #15

That's a good point rightsideout Feb 2013 #22

I'd buy one in 1/2 a second if it didn't cost $90,000. Initech Feb 2013 #14

there is no way i could buy it if it costs that much JI7 Feb 2013 #16

The white one I'm car sitting is less than $90,000.00 rightsideout Feb 2013 #25

+1 Matariki Feb 2013 #24

NYT responds...... Logical Feb 2013 #18

What sort of outlet do you need to charge it? Matariki Feb 2013 #20

240 volt, NEMA 1450 outlet is the standard rightsideout Feb 2013 #23

Oh damn you Rightsideout! Matariki Feb 2013 #26

LOL rightsideout Feb 2013 #28

Here are details on the "Recreate the NYT Road Trip" rightsideout Feb 2013 #30

It's a beautiful car, but if I had the money ... Kennah Feb 2013 #33

Are you really not sure of why, or was that rhetorical? K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #34

rightsideout - weird question d_r Feb 2013 #35

Love this car can't wait for the suv to roll out. trublu992 Feb 2013 #38

I would like to see an EV that can do San Francisco to Los Angeles on one charge. sakabatou Feb 2013 #39

A Tesla Roadster has gone 347 miles on one charge so it's right on the edge of doable Fumesucker Feb 2013 #49

Stylin Berlum Feb 2013 #40

Please, tell us about the torque Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #41

I was given a ride in a Tesla Roadster. The torque: NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #42