Tesla Sues BBC's Top Gear For Libel And Malicious Falsehood

Video link (to the original) -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXfV2hw_2Xo


"Tesla served Top Gear with a lawsuit yesterday, claiming that it had no other recourse. The company claims that it reluctantly took legal action after its repeated attempts to contact the BBC, over the course of months, were ignored."

"Tesla claims that Top Gear misrepresented the company along these following points:

1. The Roadster ran out of charge and had to be pushed into the Top Gear hangar by four men.

2. The Roadster’s true range is only 55 miles per charge (not 211).

3. One Roadster’s motor overheated and was completely immobilized as a result.

4. The other Roadster’s brakes were broken, rendering the car undriveable.

5. That neither of the two Roadsters provided to Top Gear was available for test driving due to these problems.

According to Tesla, the breakdowns were staged, making most of Top Gear’s claims about the Roadster untrue. Tesla states that it can prove Top Gear’s tests were falsified due to the recordings of its cars' onboard data-loggers. Allegedly, neither Roadster ran out of charge during Top Gear's tests, or even came close."

www.motorauthority.com/news/1057579_breaking-tesla-sues-bbcs

My view?

Jeremy Clarkson makes TV programs.
Elon Musk makes history.

Jeremy Clarkson? Don't piss on Elon Musk for cheap views.

Who co-invented PayPal? Elon Musk.

Who is providing the successor to NASA's Space Shuttle? Elon Musk.

Jeremy Clarkson makes TV programs. Good ones, good performer, but get real and have some respect.

With some regret, see you guys in Court.

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