There was an extensive, and on the whole rather favorable, review of the Model S from The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/12/3969260/going-the-distance-dr

There was an extensive, and on the whole rather favorable, review of the Model S from The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/12/3969260/going-the-distance-driving-tesla-model-s-in-the-real-world http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/12/3969260/going-the-distance... submitted to HN while most participants were discussing the John Broder New York Times review. (Most participants missed the discussion on the article from The Verge.) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208154 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5208154 The author of the report in The Verge takes care to mention, "Tesla hopes for its first quarter of black ink this year after a decade of operation, but make no mistake, it’s still in the throes of startupdom. Much of its working capital has come from nearly half a billion dollars in low-interest rate government loans. It has just a few dozen dealers around the world."