In what may be the final chapter in the strange saga surrounding the Tesla Model S and a scathing review that the electric car company's CEO deemed "fake." a group of six Model S owners organized themselves via an online forum for Tesla fans and met to recreate the drive along the east coast's Supercharger network, attempting to settle the score once and for all.
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter and claimed New York Times reporter John Broder's story that the Model S could not make it the 200 miles between charging stations was a lie, then furnished a blog to back it up, a CNN reporter jumped on the chance to set the record straight and made the drive between Washington D.C. and Boston in one day with no problems.
Not long after CNN's account was published, Model S owners using a Tesla club online forum arranged to meet and recreate the drive for themselves. The drivers took off on Saturday morning and live-tweeted the tour, which focused on a 200-mile stretch of road between Tesla Supercharging stations in Newark, Del. and Millford, Conn.
In the Times article, Broder claimed the car did not have the range to make it between the two charging stations, despite the car's advertised range exceeding the distance between the two charing stations.
A Twitter account called TeslaRoadTrip was created as was used by the group to tweet progress and telemetric data from their vehicles as they made the drive.
They tweeted battery range, speeds, cabin temperatures, energy levels and details about road conditions and temperatures. The drivers all made the trip successfully and garnered attention to their attention journey along the way.
"When your customers roar to your defence you know you've got a powerful brand," tweeted one person.
"The results from @TeslaRoadTrip could change things. The fact NYT results can be publicly challenged says a lot, tweeted another person following the group.
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