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Can a Tesla Model S make it from Washington, D.C., to Boston without riding on a flatbed truck?
A reviewer in the New York Times said recently that he failed to make it, setting off a war of words with Tesla founder Elon Musk, who said the Times review was a "fake."
On Thursday, I took the same drive -- and I made it to Boston, though not without some anxiety that I would run out of juice.
The key issue is not the car itself, but the location of charging stations, since the Tesla (TSLA) battery pack is good for only 270 miles.
The most scary part of the trip: the 200 miles between charging stations in Newark, Del., and Milford, Conn. That's not a lot of cushion, especially after I missed an exit adding a few miles to that leg.
Tesla has a load of instructions to maximize battery power, and I think I followed them pretty well.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/15/auto...l-s/index.html
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anyone following the Tesla/NYT feud?
as much as i support tesla. If your product depends on common sense to operate, it probably won't be very successful.