It's blown out of proportion for the normal use case, but I still think it was a very interesting review. I didn't expect them to be great road-tripping vehicles at this point, but was a bit disappointed by how the weather affected things. Even Musk's comments so far don't change my impression of that: so it's fine for a road trip if you make sure you don't get stuck in traffic, and make sure you never ever miss a chance to get it fully charged up, especially if the weather is cold? That's just not going to be competitive convenience-wise for long trips right now, no matter how much spin you want to put on it. The open question to me is just how fast the driver was going on the highway (90+ would make me raise an eyebrow or too), I'm not really sympathetic to the rest of Musk's claims at all. And unless he can provide some conclusive log evidence, collaborated by outside evidence, that's far more damning than what his comments so far describe, it reflects pretty poorly on the company to me. Much more poorly than the original review, since I expected that to be pretty much a worst-case scenario—and was very interested in just how well it would handle that kind of stress test.
Edit: the thing that really bugs me about the response is that it's empty so far. If you've got conclusive evidence, show the evidence. Don't go all he-said-she-said in the meantime.
I didn't buy his explanations when I saw him on CNBC and Bloomberg. The impression I got is that he's whitewashing the review, focusing on how fast he was driving and pointing to another NYT reporter who got 300 miles (and when the anchor pointed out that it was in different driving conditions, he sort of glossed over it).
Speaking of inconveniences, how can someone who lives in an apartment own a Tesla vehicle? Most parking garages I've come across don't even have a standard 110v outlet, let alone the 240v outlets needed for faster charging. Is the solution for them to hope that there's a supercharger near by? It seems like Tesla is only viable if you live in a house.
Increasingly seeing charging stations in multilevel carparks both in large apartment complexes and offices. I could charge a Tesla or shatever at work every day if i had to. Heck even The University of Alabama had EV charging stations.
Edit: the thing that really bugs me about the response is that it's empty so far. If you've got conclusive evidence, show the evidence. Don't go all he-said-she-said in the meantime.