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CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S
karlnyberg writes "Adding a third voice to the conflict between Tesla's Elon Musk and New York Times Reporter John Broder, CNN/Money's Peter Valdes-Dapena drove from DC to Boston (primarily to test the SuperCharger network). As he says in the article: In the end, I made it — and it wasn't that hard. ... As for the Supercharger network? Turns out that works, too.' He expands on this a bit: 'Looking back on the trip, it would be even easier if Tesla would install one of their fast-charging Superchargers along the New Jersey Turnpike. (These charging stations can fill up a nearly dead battery in Tesla's longest-range cars in about an hour, which is enough time to stop for a meal.) Tesla's working on that, spokeswoman Shanna Hendricks said. But the first priority was to install enough to make this trip, even if you had to take it easy most of the way. But I didn't have to take it that easy, which is good because the Model S provides a pretty amazing mix of smooth and silent performance along with brain-squishing acceleration. So even if you're not driving from Washington to Boston, it's an impressive car, all on its own.'"
Come on! That is TWO ***TERRIBLE*** reviews, one from the NYT and one from Top Gear. Tesla is a shithole company and has this coming to them for LYING and pushing crappy gutless electric cars that NO ONE wants. What kind of an idiot would buy a car that takes hours and hours to refuel just to drive a couple of hundred miles? No one, that's who.
I want him to do it on a day with 3 feet of snow on the roads and -3 degree F temps. that Tesla roadster wont get 20 feet.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
It costs 100,000 dollars - you could buy 5 brand new camrys for that it gets about 200 miles of range in cold weather it requires an 30 -60 minutes to charge are you really going to tell me that it is sane to wait 30 minutes to charge your car ? do you have any idea how long 30 minutes is when you are late to pickup your kids, or late for an appointment ? I could go on, but why bother; why doesn't the slashdot community devote itself to something more important, like why 15,000 dollar Chanel Handbags are or are not appropriate for the opera...