Top Gear Fights Back At Tesla 369
An anonymous reader writes "Top Gear's producer Andy Wilman responds to Tesla's lawsuit: 'We never said that the Tesla's true range is only 55 miles, as opposed to their own claim of 211, or that it had actually ran out of charge. In the film our actual words were: "We calculated that on our track it would run out after 55 miles."' Interesting points, and as far as I can remember also correct. But I'm assuming Tesla is going the get the PR they want on this regardless of any court rulings."
"is going the get"???? (Score:2, Funny)
Really?
Tesla (Score:5, Funny)
It's about time that Nikolai stands up for himself and goes after the use of some of his inventions. Poor guy - if he doesn't he's likely to end up broke, broken, and dead in a hotel on 34th Street in NYC.
Re:Doesn't pass the bullshit test (Score:3, Funny)
If the battery would have gone dead after 55 miles, and they drove it 25, of course they stopped before the battery was dead -- the purpose was to demonstrate to the audience in a visceral and entertaining way what would happen when the battery went dead, which would have been after 55 miles of use. There is no need to actually drive it to those 55 miles unless you're trying to verify things, but that figure was given to them BY Tesla. Who are they to argue with the manufacturer when the manufacturer is handing them numbers like that?
Nope, you simply take their word that it's 55 miles -- especially if you drive it a bit and the battery seems to be draining charge at a rate consistent with going dead after 55 miles. So you drive a bit, but not the full 55 miles that would kill the batteries for 18 hours, and then you film as if you had driven the 55 miles and the battery really was completely drained. Yeah, you're not showing reality 1:1, but you're showing what really would happen, according TO TESLA, had they driven 55 miles on their track.
How is that deceptive?
Re:55 miles is pretty good, and not the point (Score:5, Funny)
You'd waste your money on extra Tesla cars. When one stops working for whatever reason, just hop into the next one.
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