Elon expected the New York Times to drive the car at 54 mph in a 65-mph zone.
Incorrect, CNN did the trip with miles to spare at 67mph.
Elon expected the author to spend hours charging the car more than the car said was necessary.
Incorrect, Broder deliberately unplugged the car early despite common sense and what the car said.
Elon expected the author to turn the heater to low in 30-degree winter weather.
Oh yes, apparently 70 degrees is too low
In essence, Elon Musk doesn't think the New York Times author went far enough out of his way to make sure the car succeeded. (In fact, the author made way more concessions than a normal user would. He drove under the speed limit. He let the cabin temperature drop. He called Tesla HQ for tips and triage recharging locations. I wouldn't have done any of that.)
All incorrect. Look at the data, the NYT author (who has a history of bad mouthing EV's) was lying.
Did you even read this before you posted?
Tesla's data charts show that the New York Times author charged the car on three occasions, and never to 100% full charge. "Despite narrowly making each leg, he charged less and less each time. Why would anyone do that?" asked Elon in the same blog that revealed the data logs, and at once exposed his misunderstanding.
That Tesla's data shows this charging behavior is no surprise -- it is exactly what the author wrote about. There is no discrepancy in the data of charge rates and distance driven. The problem is that Elon doesn't understand why the author wouldn't charge to 100%.
Neither do I. Why would you drive around a parking lot for 15 minutes, then unplug the charger prematurely, then on the second charge unplug the charger at 28%? Maybe this NYT author (with a history of badmouthing EV's) wants to make some sort of story...
Elon, here's why John Broder didn't charge the car more: It takes too damn long. It is the fundamental weakness in all electric cars. It is the issue the Superchargers are made to address.
Not relevant. The limitations of the super charger system are one thing. Fabrications in journalism are what's being discussed.
When Steve Jobs said, "Don't hold the phone like that," the Internet hive mind unloaded on the Apple exec. When Elon Musk said, "Don't drive the speed limit, and don't turn on the heat," the hive mind instead attacked the New York Times author that dared challenge Tesla.
Inaccurate claim based on false data.
About the Climate setting in car:
At 182 miles, Broder said, "I put the climate control to low..." Climate settings were actually increased."
Elon's data shows that cabin temperature in fact drops precipitously, just not at 182 miles (the author never said it happened at 182 miles)
The data shows that most of the time the climate control was kept between 70 and 74 degrees. It shows inaccuracies in the author's report, suggesting that the author was lying.
Finally,
I don't drive that much but we aren't based an entire car companies future on what I alone do. I know plenty of people who drive 100+ miles a day for work.
Anyway, we are talking about the trip in question.
Then don't make claims such as "It's unrealistic to think that people will accept this in their everyday lives." It only serves to prove how much knowledge you lack on this topic.
Most people drive less than 50 miles a day. The car has more than enough range for most people's needs, it doesn't need range for these "plenty" of people who drive 100 miles to work every day because the market for an EV of this range is already huge.
it seems pretty clear at this point that the fact the article is from IGN is detracting from any serious discussion. I guess it's not enough to pay attention to good writing regardless of where it comes from. Because of course everyone at IGN is a pos who is mentally retarded. Sometimes GTplanet is worse then gamefaqs.
Oh darn, people are calling me out on my unwillingness to look at the facts that I post.
The report is a regurgitation of the
inaccurate claims the author made. It comes from an organization that is far from trustworthy.
edit: Tree'd by Toronado.