WOW, can't wait for tomorrow's shitstorm! RT @kfury Tesla backs up accusation of reporter's lying http://www.teslamotors.com/blog... Your move, @nytimes
Feb 14, 2013
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Wow, looks like he's got checkmate on Broder.
- Andrew C (✔)
Ouch.
- Brian Johns
Ha, my SIL just bought a Tesla yesterday.
- Laura Norvig
Oh snap.
- Steve C, Team Marina
Not the smoking gun Tesla wants it to be. Looking at the graphs, Broder did turn down (and then off) the cabin heat, but 30-40 miles later than indicated; this could be an honest mistake. "Driving around in circles" near the supercharger could be explained by looking around for it -- and even if it was on purpose, what better place to test the actual range than next to a charging station? Expecting that the car would drive for 61 miles after it indicated 32 miles of range is the strangest thing here; I suspect that Broder felt stupid and covered his own ass...
- Tudor Bosman
I like the map of all the other changing stations he drove by.
- Brian Johns
Oh, I think the clear indications of unplugging from charging stations early are pretty smoky, along with the rest of that and the "reporter's" clear, stated bias against electric cars. But I'm sure the NYT will find a way to avoid blame.
- walt crawford
It's a fight all right: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technol...
- Stephen Mack
Yeah, that was Broder's original rebuttal before the detailed blog post from Tesla. The NYT's public editor promised a new Wheels blog post today; still not published yet. http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
- Andrew C (✔)
Meanwhile, CNN has sent their guy on the same DC - Boston trip. https://twitter.com/peterdr...
- Andrew C (✔)
Broder's new rebuttal: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
- Andrew C (✔)
Here we go: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
- Stephen Mack
This ain't over
- Eric - Final Countdown
CNN's Peter Valdes made the same trip with range to spare between Supercharger stations. http://money.cnn.com/video...
- Andrew C (✔)
I love this story.
- Stephen Mack
Unfortunately, unless Tesla records all customer phone interactions and can retrieve them, this has devolved into a "Who do you trust?" situation. I'd *love* to know just what Broder actually asked the customer reps and what he was told in response...since I find the reported interactions just this side of unbelievable. (But, of course, no NYT reporter has ever, EVER fudged the facts...)
- walt crawford
["Just this side of unbelievable:" some of the advice he claims to have been given violates the laws of physics, as one instance. Hard to believe Tesla's people are quite that ignorant or insane. Unless they really, really hate their jobs and want to undermine the company.]
- walt crawford
Don't suppose Tesla outsourced their call center and had undertrained (untrained?) folks working the phones? That never happens, right?
- Ken Gidley
That's the most plausible explanation, although some of the advice he claims to have received is hard to explain by simple incompetence or lack of training.
- walt crawford