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| Authored by: DieterWasDriving on Thursday, February 14 2013 @ 09:02 PM EST |
I read the Atlantic story and the following comments.
The Atlantic story is very clearly biased. I glosses over the obvious factual
misstatement.
For instance, the speed log the Atlantic showed initially shows a normal but
erratic range of speeds for traveling on I95, ranging from 65 to occasionally
over 80MPH. Then it switches to a mode of steadier speed of a little over
60MPH, perhaps 61 or 62MPH. This corresponds with, but absolutely does not
match the reporter's claim of 'setting the cruise control at 54MPH'. Later in
the trip, when the reporter claimed to be moving at 45MPH the log shows varying
speeds all over 50MPH.
Today's claim by the reporter that it must have been a logging error cause by an
inaccurate speedometer or different tire size isn't especially credible.
Speedometers are deliberately inaccurate, but they conservatively display higher
than the true speed rather than lower.
The cabin temperature setting also shows that the interior was kept quite warm,
at 72-74 degree. Lowering the temperature to "freezing" was actually
to 62F, which is about the temperature I intentionally select for winter driving
(no jacket but otherwise dressed for winter weather). This isn't as
specifically deceitful, but does show a bias or exaggeration.
The Tesla statement also states a recharge time of 47 minutes when the reporter
claimed 58 minutes. I haven't seen the logs for the charge, but that is a big
difference with very specific numbers.
I wonder what the log analysis will say about the "slight detour" into
Manhattan, which is now changing into a significant side trip. I've never had a
side trip into Manhattan that wasn't a gas and time sucking drive.
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