It would be interesting to see the NYT double down on this... only to have Tesla reveal that they did in fact record this conversation and it matches their version of the story.
Re:A Most Peculiar Test Drive
by surrealize on Thursday February 14, 2013 @01:06PM
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Ha, that would be great. And even if they didn't record it, I wonder if they'll start recording those conversations now.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2013/02/10/automobiles/10t...
is where it says that the car showed an estimated range of 32 miles when he left Norwich.
Elon's blog post contradicts Broder's "they cleared me to resume the trip" comment, saying "The final leg of his trip was 61 miles and yet he disconnected the charge cable when the range display stated 32 miles. He did so expressly against the advice of Tesla personnel and in obvious violation of common sense."
So the car logs are hard to argue with; the contradictory claim here is about what Tesla said to Broder when he was at Norwich, which presumably wasn't recorded.