On: Elon Musk's Data Doesn't Back Up His Claims of New York Times Fakery

[scarmig]

I agree that that's the weirdest part of the journalist's story.

Why doesn't Musk focus on that? Instead of trying to discredit the reporter by saying he maliciously lied about when he turned the heat on or off by a couple miles, or whether the car had actually run out of juice at the very end.

[lawdawg → scarmig]

Because focusing on that would be admitting that:

1. The Tesla lost ~65 miles worth of range overnight 2. That their staff told Mr. Broder that the lost miles would return on their own.

[danielweber → lawdawg]

#1 seems a UX problem, not a tech problem. Clearly Tesla's fault, but nothing that will endanger the company.

#2 has been denied by Tesla. I'm not saying I believe them, but right now both sides say something different happened at that key point.

[demallien → lawdawg]

I have a question for you. Knowing that Broder definately misrepresented the facts, based on what we do see in the logs, why should we then believe his recounting of the conversations that he had with Tesla support staff?