Tesla Model S Owners Begin Piling On Top Of NYT Dispute By Replicating Ill Fated Trip

Agent009 submitted on 2/15/2013 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:35:45 PM

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It's been a week of Tesla Model S hullabaloo, centered around last Sunday's critical New York Times road test, Stalled Out on Tesla's Electric Highway.



Now a set of defiant Tesla Model S owners are setting out to prove Times reporter John Broder wrong.

They will replicate his trip from and fully recharging their electric luxury sport sedans to show that the cars are quite capable of making the trip he couldn't.





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Tesla Model S Owners Begin Piling On Top Of NYT Dispute By Replicating Ill Fated Trip

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vdiv

It will now be an annual event. It has also become a new word. To "broder" an EV means to intentionally drive the battery out of charge.

CNN already repeated the drive last night:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/15/autos/tesla-model-s/index.html

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Posted on 2/15/2013 3:15:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

topneuro

The New York Pants On Fire Times

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Posted on 2/15/2013 3:53:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

ErnestHouse

Uh Oh. Maybe Chrysler actually did start making Jeeps in China instead of Ohio?

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Posted on 2/15/2013 5:48:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Mustang953

I just read the article at Green Cars. This whole trip is irrelevant, unless they can duplicate the exact time he left, traffic and especially, weather conditions, since the cold has an effect on battery life, as does using a heater. Doing this on a weekend is a joke.

And, ErnestHouse..Chrysler has been building Jeeps in China for decades. Check it out. They just don't export them here.

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Posted on 2/15/2013 9:56:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

cidflekken

The reality is that not all cars are created equal. Even if it's from the same exact assembly line, one car could perform differently than another for any of many reasons. So, the NYT reporter could very well have had a negative experience while others do/did not.

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Posted on 2/16/2013 12:19:12 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

t_bone

I wasn't a fan of Top Gear's deception on the original Tesla either, pushing it around when the batteries had a half charge left.

This is price of developing a new idea for the public. You have to have a strong gut for all the haters that will come out of the woodwork--the people that have no original ideas of their own.

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Posted on 2/16/2013 5:02:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

1CarSmart1

The New York Times should be fired.

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Posted on 2/18/2013 2:03:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Amclaussen

Owners royalty to the brand usually get completely "Phanatical", so we can expect some of them will bet they can double the real mileage...

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Posted on 2/19/2013 10:05:49 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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