Tesla's Elon Musk vs. New York Times: Who is right?
Twitter lit up with reaction after Tesla CEO Elon Musk raised the stakes in his battle with John Broder of the New York Times over a bad review of the Model S. Musk released data Wednesday which he says shows that the vehicle never ran out of battery charge as Broder claimed.
- Elon Musk's blog post, says among other things, that Broder did not fully charge the Model S at each of four charging spots.
A Most Peculiar Test Drive | Blog | Tesla Motors19 hours ago ... You may have heard recently about an article written by John Broder from The New York Times that makes numerous claims...- Elon Musk took his battle to Twitter, saying earlier this week that he is "not against the NYTimes in general. They're usually fair..."
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New York Times, Elon Musk engage in war of words over Tesla Model S
Musk responded with a flurry of testy tweets. He accused the Times of misrepresenting the test. He promised to refute the Times' repo...- Then, Musk went to work with engineering precision and dissected this New York Times review in which Broder recounts being forced to have the Tesla loaded onto a flatbed truck because it was out of juice, he said. When the facts didn’t suit his opinion, he simply changed the facts," Musk wrote. The New York Times denies this.
Stalled Out on Tesla's Electric Highway - The New York Times5 days ago ... Tesla Motors has opened fast-charging stations between Washington and Boston that would, in theory, allow an E.V. road t...- This story by the San Jose Mercury News recaps the latest in the battle
Tesla's Elon Musk fires back at The New York Times - San Jose ...9 hours ago ... Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has fired back at The New York Times, releasing vehicle logs that contradict the Times recen...- Who is right? What is true? This story by TheAtlanticWire linked below nicely breaks down Musk's claims and Broder's responses, including Musk's assertion the Broder took a long detour to a charging station- Broder says he had trouble finding it. Broder also responded to Musk's data which Musk says shows Broder did not lower the car heat to save energy has reported in the New York Times story.
This is getting good.... From The Atlantic: "Elon Musk's Data Doesn't Back Up His Claims of New York Times Fakery" - ow.ly/hIZWM
Factbox: Tesla CEO Elon Musk vs. New York Times Car ReviewThe Great Electric Car Challenge is about to begin, as the New York Times reports that the Tesla-S model it test drove didn't live up...- Plenty of people were impressed with the CEO's use of data to take on the New York Times.
The long-awaited blog post from @elonmusk vs NYT. I was expecting something weak. This isn't. teslamotors.com/blog/most-pecu…
Gotta love it when data wins. Well played, @elonmusk teslamotors.com/blog/most-pecu…
Wow. Fascinating to see the @nytimes thoroughly ripped apart by Tesla here: teslamotors.com/blog/most-pecu…
Elon Musk produces Model S data ... - technologycompanieslist.com/elon-musk-prod… #technology #companies daily added to the #directory http://pic.twitter.com/KDE9OEqO
Glad this came out. Now maybe we can get some consistent, non-biased reviews. Keep taking it personal. @elonmusk autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motorami…- Other news outlets such as ENGADGET have reviewed the Model S in past test drivers
Elon Musk produces Model S data logs to disprove New York Times ...10 hours ago ... We liked Tesla's Model S, but some of the other outlets didn't feel the same way. The New York Times' John...- The New York Times reporter, John Broder was getting his share of comments directed at him on Twitter
@jbrodernyt you're on the ropes kid. The Model S is a computer and Elon Musk is Chris Henson. PWN'd by technology
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Priya KumarI enjoyed this Storify (especially the picture of the Nissan Leaf; I hadn't seen that). I think it's important to point out, as Pando Daily's Hamish McKenzie...more2013-02-20T15:21:54.456Z
- Priya KumarI enjoyed this Storify (especially the picture of the Nissan Leaf; I hadn't seen that). I think it's important to point out, as Pando Daily's Hamish McKenzie...I enjoyed this Storify (especially the picture of the Nissan Leaf; I hadn't seen that). I think it's important to point out, as Pando Daily's Hamish McKenzie did here (http://pandodaily.com/2013/02/15/elon-musk-should-stop-whining-and-let-his-data-do-the-talking/) that while Musk used data in his rebuttal, most of his argument was based on emotion and anger, rather than data analysis.more2013-02-20T15:21:54.456Z
