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Not true. Tesla sued BBC's Top Gear for libel after a review [1]. That didn't stop Tesla from getting this NY Times piece [2] and other award-winning press, suc

by vm 14y ago

Not true. Tesla sued BBC's Top Gear for libel after a review [1]. That didn't stop Tesla from getting this NY Times piece [2] and other award-winning press, such as Motor Trend Car of the Year 2013. [1] Tesla vs Top Gear, well documented by Tesla http://www.teslamotors.com/teslavstopgear http://www.teslamotors.com/teslavstopgear [2] NY Times piece in question: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev-highway.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the... Edit: removed date of lawsuit per comment below

tokenadult 14y ago
See below (right now it's below, but it probably deserves to be upvoted some more) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5203228 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5203228 for a more detailed discussion in this same thread of the Top Gear review and the litigation surrounding it.
cube13 14y ago
> Tesla sued BBC's Top Gear in 2012 [1] It was in 2011(http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/tesla-sues-top-gear-for-libel-new-stig-unavailable-for-comment/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/tesla-sues-top-gear-for-l... ), and it was over a largely positive feature on the roadster that aired in 2008.