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Re:Winter chills limit range of the Tesla Model S electric car by etherael on Sunday February 17, 2013 @03:06AM (#5234565)
"I cannot account for the discrepancy, nor for a later stretch in Connecticut where I recall driving about 45 m.p.h., but it may be the result of the car being delivered with 19-inch wheels and all-season tires, not the specified 21-inch wheels and summer tires."

Sure he can.

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Re:Winter chills limit range of the Tesla Model S electric car by vacri on Sunday February 17, 2013 @06:36AM (#5234930)
If you look at Musk's graphs where the caption says "At no point did broder drive at 45mph" with an arrow pointing to a 50mph segment, the immediately previous (yet short) segment was at 45 mph. There are a few other places where Musk uses quite a bit of poetic license in interpreting the logs, too. I can't say whether or not Broder's notes would have corresponded to this particular segment, but there was indeed a point where he was travelling at 45mph.
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