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mikec3k on Feb 11, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elon Musk calls NYT review of the Tesla Model S ‘f...

That's it exactly. You don't want to piss off the oil companies, so you always make electric or hybrid vehicles look as bad as possible.

Swannie on Feb 11, 2013 [–]

Yes. It's not a direct comparison, but you don't see motoring journalists complaining about running out of petrol. "I only though I had to put $5 in... and it told me it was no longer empty... why did I run out 100miles down the road?"

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