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So there's one damning thing in Broder's review: the confirmation of his range anxiety as the Model S sits on a flatbed. Tesla explicitly refutes that point by
by achompas 14y ago
So there's one damning thing in Broder's review: the confirmation of his range anxiety as the Model S sits on a flatbed.
Tesla explicitly refutes that point by saying Broder ignored warnings against leaving Norwich. Also, I mean, come on: range says 30 and you have to go 60 miles so...you...disconnect the power? Interesting, especially since it's not the first time he tried to kill the car (see "driving around parking lot for 5 minutes with zero range").
But then again...look at the battery chart just before the Norwich charge. You see zero increase in distance, and a large (=60-70 miles) drop in range. That's the evening where he lost a bunch of power. That's a problem for Tesla.
Anyway, Broder has a rebuttal to Musk's initial claims here [0]. I'm curious to see how he responds to this blog post, especially what seems to be a deliberate attempt to kill the car's power before recharging at Milford the second time.
[0] http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/the-charges-are-flying-over-a-test-of-teslas-charging-network/?ref=automobiles http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/the-charges-are-f...