Re:A Most Peculiar Test Drive
by InclinedPlane on Thursday February 14, 2013 @04:43AM
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Scenario 1:
Article: "The Tesla's range indicator is accurate but to drivers used to having a lot of range when the tank reads 'E' the Tesla's small amount of reserve range may catch them by surprise."
Reality: Author drove until the Tesla read "0 miles remaining" then continued to drive until the battery ran out.
Scenario 2:
Article: "A range estimate misses the mark... the car fell short of its projected range and had to be taken back ... on a flatbed truck."
Reality: Author short-charged the car then pulled off the road when the range meter read 0 and drove around trying to drain the battery.
One is fine, the other is journalistic malpractice.
Article: "The Tesla's range indicator is accurate but to drivers used to having a lot of range when the tank reads 'E' the Tesla's small amount of reserve range may catch them by surprise."
Reality: Author drove until the Tesla read "0 miles remaining" then continued to drive until the battery ran out.
Scenario 2:
Article: "A range estimate misses the mark... the car fell short of its projected range and had to be taken back ... on a flatbed truck."
Reality: Author short-charged the car then pulled off the road when the range meter read 0 and drove around trying to drain the battery.
One is fine, the other is journalistic malpractice.