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Top Gear Fights Back At Tesla

Posted by timothy on from the shocking-truth-as-a-staid-defense dept.

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."

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  1. Tesla by wideBlueSkies · · 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.

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  2. Re:55 miles is pretty good, and not the point by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meh, if you're that rich, and wanted to race Teslas around you wouldn't be wasting your time and money on extra battery packs.

    You'd waste your money on extra Tesla cars. When one stops working for whatever reason, just hop into the next one.

    I think some people have no clue on how to be rich properly. Just give me a billion or two and I'll show you how it's done ;).

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