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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