New York Times Test Drive

The public editor looks into a test drive of an electric car that caused a storm.

Elon Musk took to Twitter to denounce a New York Times story about driving the Tesla Model S up the east coast.

You may have heard recently about an article written by John Broder from The New York Times that makes numerous claims about the performance of the Model S. We are upset by this article because it does not factually represent Tesla technology, which is designed and tested to operate well in both hot and cold climates. Indeed, our highest per capita sales are in Norway, where customers drive our cars during Arctic winters in permanent midnight, and in Switzerland, high among the snowy Alps.

Elon Musk, the creator of Paypal and Tesla Motors, is in a spat with the New York Times over a recent review of Tesla's all-electric Model S. Subscribe to Th...

Is the newspaper to blame for Tesla's lost market value? Or is it the public's lingering uncertainty about electric cars?

Data taken from test car's "black box" shows reporter's damaging review was a lie, says CEO Elon Musk

In case you missed it, there was a huge controversy last week surrounding a review of the Tesla Model S electric car and Tesla's East Coast Supercharger network published in the New York Times.

Tesla Motors CEO and founder Elon Musk definitely isn't the best guy to try to pull a fast one on. The visionary entrepreneur set Twitter a titter when he..

The Tesla Motors-New York Times story reminds us of two things: One, if you tell someone you just took a road trip through the Green Mountains of Vermont and your GPS data indicates you were in fact cruising along Georgia's Gold Coast, well, you're probably going to lose the confidence vote.

If a refresher is required in this hotly debated Tesla Motors/Elon Musk versus The New York Times/John Broder saga, then please refer to these previous posts here, here, here, here and here (listed in oldest to newest order).