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You would think they would be convincing magazine editors to doing a long-form 'we drove a tesla across the US' type article. I'd be very interested in reading

by brc 13y ago

You would think they would be convincing magazine editors to doing a long-form 'we drove a tesla across the US' type article. I'd be very interested in reading something like that - what its really like to string together a long trip using supercharger stations.

hanley 13y ago
Tesla recently completed a cross country road trip using the Supercharger stations. They put up a bunch of blog posts and videos about it. Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou46vykyIAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou46vykyIAk
ams6110 13y ago
Any objective magazine would pair it with a gas or diesel car and do a "Top Gear" style race, and compare and contrast the tradeoffs.
- brc 13y ago
  Well, from a purely 'distance covering' point of view, clearly a liquid fuel car would win because of faster refueling, higher range and speed limits. I was more thinking of a road trip article, where the travel itself is the focus of the article. Is the car comfortable on long trips? Are the superchargers always easy to find? What sort of characters and people do you meet at supercharger stations? Did the forced longer stops make the journey better or worse? It's a big difference to 'who got there faster'. That would be a foregone conclusion.
jstevens85 13y ago
They did this before with the nytimes and it didn't end the way Tesla would've liked. The writer had a number of problems, and Elon Musk accused him of being dishonest to create a story. Here's the original article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-charging-system-test-a-debate-erupts-online.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-chargi... And here's some coverage of the controversy: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-charging-system-test-a-debate-erupts-online.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-chargi...

by brc 13y ago

hanley 13y ago

Tesla recently completed a cross country road trip using the Supercharger stations. They put up a bunch of blog posts and videos about it. Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou46vykyIAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou46vykyIAk

ams6110 13y ago

Any objective magazine would pair it with a gas or diesel car and do a "Top Gear" style race, and compare and contrast the tradeoffs.

brc 13y ago
Well, from a purely 'distance covering' point of view, clearly a liquid fuel car would win because of faster refueling, higher range and speed limits. I was more thinking of a road trip article, where the travel itself is the focus of the article. Is the car comfortable on long trips? Are the superchargers always easy to find? What sort of characters and people do you meet at supercharger stations? Did the forced longer stops make the journey better or worse? It's a big difference to 'who got there faster'. That would be a foregone conclusion.

jstevens85 13y ago

They did this before with the nytimes and it didn't end the way Tesla would've liked. The writer had a number of problems, and Elon Musk accused him of being dishonest to create a story. Here's the original article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-charging-system-test-a-debate-erupts-online.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-chargi... And here's some coverage of the controversy: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-charging-system-test-a-debate-erupts-online.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/automobiles/after-a-chargi...