mortisier
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This will work to Tesla's intrest. They need two other news organizations to repeat this drive. Immediatly! It's ok Broder I hear FOX is hiring. FAIR AND BALANCED!!!
Thanks for posting that. Now that is a simple clean and good article. I'm even seriously impressed by the intelligent and reasonably accurate commentary, and on CNN no less!evnow said:http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/15/autos/tesla-model-s/index.html
...and it was fairly chilly here in Washington, DC, yesterday.thankyouOB said:i still cant believe they run the heat at 72. who does that in winter clothes?
kovalb said:Overall I think there is no question the Model S can make the trip successfully. The question seems to be why Broder couldn't or wouldn't do it. There are still some accounts that do not line up. Broder claims that Tesla told him to do certain things; the dumbest of which is letting the heater run with the car parked in the morning. We all know that will eat up the juice. Did Tesla really tell him to do that? The other is it seems he let the car sit overnight in the freezing cold - not plugged-in. I assume the Model S is like the Roadster and consumes quite a bit of energy running its active heating/cooling loop - plugged-in or not. Did he tell Tesla he was going to do this? They should have known this would eat through the charge. The bottom line question is did Broder "fake" the story or was he EV ignorant and followed bad advice from Tesla. I would love to hear their telephone conversations. I hope they were recorded.
mwalsh said:^ Great story!
thankyouOB said:the annual New England road trip = Affectionately called the Broder 500, with a picnic in Milford, Conn.
driving a car beyond turtle = I Brodered the Leaf, but Nissan sent a free tow.
evnow said:Brodering : v. Deliberately run out of charge and stall an EV. Could also be because of ignorance or criminal negligence.
You should read the second part, too.thankyouOB said:evnow said:Brodering : v. Deliberately run out of charge and stall an EV. Could also be because of ignorance or criminal negligence.
Nope. this is a definition and there is no solid evidence of that: Deliberately run out of charge and stall an EV.
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