GaslessInSeattle
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remind anyone of that top gear stunt with the Leaf! http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20087555-48/nissan-calls-out-top-gear-over-leaf-review/
Who knows? Keep in mind we dont know that the reporter made up anything o.ly that Musk has made some accusations. It all sounds like grandstanding to me and a very cheap and effe tive way of generating publicityRegGuheert said:So did the NYT author also make up the stories about all the bad advice he got from Tesla? Or did they really give him bad advice?
I subscribe to online NYTimes. Here is link to story you saw:DaveinOlyWA said:anyone read his related article posted same day where he disses electric in favor of CNG?
i would post but have exceeded my free allowance for the month...
She said the company owned a Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and a Ford Transit Connect van converted to run on battery power alone. The Volt, she said, drove perhaps 30 miles before switching to its gasoline engine, which then generates the electric power that turns the wheels. The Ford van, which promised 100 miles of range, got a fraction of that and could not complete a day’s work before having to be plugged in. “It wasn’t good for what we purchased it for, so that was a disappointment, and then the company that did the conversion went bankrupt,” she said. “So, O.K.”
The company powers much of its day-to-day fleet with compressed natural gas, which she says is clean, quiet and cheap.
“That’s a success,” she said. “If you want to talk about alternative fuels for transportation, C.N.G. is more successful than electric.”
In the video, Musk says Broder violated 3 instructions: to charge to 100%, drive at reasonable speeds near the speed limit, and to avoid side detours. He says the logs of the car prove it violated all 3 of these conditions.cwerdna said:CNBC has a video up of a phone call w/Musk they did this morning on this:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100439335" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Broder drives the car to the Delaware Super-Charger.A Tesla agent brought the car to me in suburban Washington with a full charge
If the Model-S has to be set to Extended Charge each time, perhaps this is where a mistake was made. Perhaps Border was not properly briefed on how to select an Extended Charge. Does 242 suggest Regular or Extended Charge ?I went off for lunch at the service plaza, checking occasionally on the car’s progress. After 49 minutes, the display read “charge complete,” and the estimated available driving distance was 242 miles.
I differ from you, and I think the majority of the humans on earth will too.mazdaboi said:Obviously another uneducated driver testing a borrowed EV to prove their point(s).
Who's to blame? The rep dropping the vehicle off for this reporter to test drive with not explaining what charging should be done (ie overnight trickle if 240v not available) or do we blame the reporter for NOT taking time to research, educated and plan out better?
cwerdna said:CNBC has a video up of a phone call w/Musk they did this morning on this:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100439335" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Tesla gave him a WHAT? :lol:thankyouOB said:...Tesla gave him a LEAF...
RegGuheert said:Tesla gave him a WHAT? :lol:thankyouOB said:...Tesla gave him a LEAF...
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