Tesla and The New York Times argue over a piece published by The Times, which gave a bad review to the Model S and Tesla's east coast charging stations.

1. Tesla vs The New York Times
Elon Musk and a reporter from The
New York Times exchange words!
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2. The Run Down
• The internet has been on fire discussing the back and
forth battle between New York Times writer John M.
Broder and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk. It all started
when Broder took a Tesla Model S on a road trip on the
east coast to review the vehicle and also Tesla’s new
east coast charging stations. Broder had multiple issues
with the car’s performance in cold weather, specifically
charging the battery and battery life. During this test
drive the S Model ran out of power and ended up
having to get towed. The negative review, titled Stalled
Out on Tesla’s Electric Highway ended up on the cover
of the New York Times Auto section.
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3. Musk’s Response
• Musk fired back on Tesla’s official blog with A
Most Peculiar Test Drive. Claiming Broder had not
operated and charged the car correctly. Stating he
at times went against Tesla recommendations
which led to the car losing all of its battery power.
Musk branded Broder as anti-electric car, and
accused him of driving around a parking lot trying
to kill the cars battery so it would die and he
could give it a bad review. Musk provided
screenshots of the vehicle’s log as proof that
what Broder wrote was not what actually
happened with the car.
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4. Musk’s Proof
• With the screenshots Musk shows that the
cars actually speed and the cabin temperature
were not set to what Broder wrote. In other
screenshots Musk shows how much the
batteries were charged at each charging
station. After Musk’s blog post with solid drive
logs, it seemed that a newspaper writer
looking for a good story or perhaps even an
anti-electric car influencer had been revealed.
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5. Not So Fast!
• Broder then replied with a response in the New York
Times titled, That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It
Doesn’t. In this piece Broder answers everyone of
Musk’s questions. He also lists all the names of the
representatives he spoke to while he was on the road
trip at Tesla. He called several times for help with
issues he ran into. He claims to have followed their
directions and still the car lost all power and had to be
put on the back of a flatbed. He even claims that Elon
Musk called him after the failed test drive to apologize
and admitted that more charging stations needed to be
added in the east coast for the car to make that
journey.
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6. Who Do You Believe?
• I am not sure whom to believe, the reporter or the
CEO. I do know one thing. Musk made a mistake by
writing that blog response to Broder’s New York Times
column. I’m sure millions of more eyeballs read
Broder’s original piece because of Musk’s response.
This could have just been one bad review for a car that
has nothing but good reviews but now it is something
more. His response has given Broder’s review viral
status. It has also made Musk look like a little bit of a
whiner. You don’t see too many elite CEOs complain
when one of their products gets a bad review by a
newspaper
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7. Tesla vs The New York Times
The End
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