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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test (nypost.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test::A YouTuber took Tesla’s Cybertruck on a ride to see if it can actually hit its advertised 320-mile range, only to find out that its could only reach 79% of the target. When YouTuber Kyle Conn…

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[–] jettrscga 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That article's from 2012, before Elon Musk popularity took off, and yet you can already get a foreshadowing sense of Musk off the article:

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk called Top Gear "completely phony" and his company sued for libel and malicious falsehoods.

[–] sizzler 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Top Gear were completely phony though, they purposefully ran the battery flat before the demo. This is known. Elons a douche but so is Clarkson.

[–] EnderMB 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also, IIRC, Top Gear have always had a blase attitude towards their influence in the motor world. Given their reputation as petrol heads, and the fact that their review was also critical of the impact of EV's on the environment, they've often fell back on the "we're an entertainment show, you're not supposed to take us as experts", when many manufacturers have often said a negative review could cause significant harm in sales.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

In all fairness though both Hammond and May currently own Teslas.