Tesla Sues BBC's Top Gear For Libel

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @02:16PM from the release-the-stig dept.

thecarchik writes "About two years ago BBC's Top Gear aired a test drive of the then relatively new Tesla Roadster. In the particular episode, Tesla Roadsters are depicted as suffering several critical 'breakdowns' during track driving. Host Jeremy Clarkson concludes the episode by saying that in the real world the Roadster 'doesn't seem to work.' Tesla claims that the breakdowns were staged, making most of Top Gear's remarks about the Roadster untrue. Tesla also states that it can prove Top Gear's tests were falsified due to the recordings of its cars' onboard data-loggers. What's Tesla asking for in the lawsuit? Tesla simply wants Top Gear to stop rebroadcasting the particular episode and to correct the record."

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Re:FIRST LAWSUIT! by pnewhook · 2011-03-30 14:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yea, I downloaded DirectX once and not only did it give me terrible performance and poor rendering, but it loaded a backdoor on my computer which was used for cyber attacks. It also stole my credit card information. Once I loaded OpenGL everything was fixed and is now working like a charm!

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Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
Re:I hate CHINKS, GOOKS, and SLANT EYE SPAMMERS by aiht · 2011-03-30 15:27 · Score: 1, Offtopic

All spammers are Vietnamese, now? Wtf?