Seems like a PR person screw-up. Testing the car at almost maximum range in the winter is just a disaster waiting to happen. You can quibble with the details

Seems like a PR person screw-up. Testing the car at almost maximum range in the winter is just a disaster waiting to happen. You can quibble with the details and things the reporter allegedly did wrong, but I would bet that a decent percentage of these attempted trips would end in failure. What if the reporter had hit traffic in the NY Metro area? I mean, that never happens, right? That's just dumb for a story you are setting up in the media.