[Spridgets] Top Gear BS

David Lieb dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com
Wed Dec 31 12:23:47 MST 2008


Reading the stuff on the internet from Top Gear, Tesla, and the NYT, Tesla 
would not even begin to have a case in court. I love the way that Tesla 
states that the charge level never dropped below 20%... as if someone was 
going to get another 150 miles out of that 20%. Yes, TG was somewhat 
misleading, but the statements from Tesla were JUST as misleading. Telling 
us that people who have these in their garages (exactly who would that be 
anyway, since they aren't available yet?) have special chargers that allow 
them to recharge "in as little as 3.5 hours" rather than the 16 hours stated 
by TG. Of course, TG was not supplied with one of these, so it WOULD have 
taken them 16 hrs to recharge.

The fact that TG states that the Tesla would give 55 miles of track 
thrashing where most other EVs won't give you 55 miles of driving at all on 
a charge says a LOT for the Tesla. Of course, I have a bit of experience 
with laptop batteries, so I will not be queueing up any time soon for a 
Tesla anyway.
David Lieb 


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