Elon Musk says Tesla will repay Department of Energy loan well before 2022 due date

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><img alt="Elon Musk says Tesla will repay Department of Energy loan well before deadline" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/teslaelon-1361998101.jpg" /> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, has been the focus of many headlines lately due to a certain, well-documented kerfuffle with <em>The New York Times</em>. Today, however, the automotive company's chief isn't questioning any reviews. Instead, he's taken to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy summit to share his belief that Tesla Motors will pay off that $465 million loan from the US Department of Energy well ahead of when it's expected to -- in five years, rather than ten, to be precise. Musk's comments shouldn't come as a surprise, however, given that the Model S maker has been paying its DOE-borrowed cash on time and before the deadlines -- something it's been able to accomplish despite being far from a money-making machine at the moment. For the Department of Energy, meanwhile, this all sounds like music to the ears, especially since it knows that not all EVs always work out as planned.</div></div>

Elon Musk says Tesla will repay Department of Energy loan well before 2022 due date

   Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, has been the focus of many headlines lately due to a certain, well-documented kerfuffle with The New York Tim...

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Fleet of Tesla Model S owners set out to refute NYT report, coin slang for human error

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/tesla-2013-01-20-600-26-1360833221.jpg" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <span>Between data logs, rebuttals and general drama, it's easy to get confused: can a Tesla Model S make the trek from Washington DC to Connecticut? A small group of Tesla fans decided to see for themselves. </span>Meeting in DC over the weekend, seven drivers from the Tesla Motors Club forums banded together to recreate the reporter's infamous trip to Tesla's Milford Connecticut Supercharger, minus the Manhattan detour. The long and short? The team made the trip successfully, albeit with some minor hiccups. Most of the drivers had no trouble topping off their Tesla's at max range, ensuring they had enough charge to complete each leg of the trip -- but <em>one</em> car stubbornly refused to top off at a Delaware Supercharger.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> After about an hour of troubleshooting, Tesla pushed a firmware update to the vehicle, found and diagnosed <em>another</em> bug and got the car back on the road. <span>The lesson? A </span>carefully planned<span> electric road trip can lead to success, but technical errors </span><em>do</em><span> happen. Even so, the team had no qualms teasing the NYT reporter for his troubles, referring to "Brodering" as the act of running out of power due to human error. All in all, it seems good times were had -- what else could you ask of a weekend excursion? Check out the team's Twitter feed at the adjacent source link for additional driver updates, or check out straßenversion for a passenger account of the trip's first leg.</span></div></div>

Fleet of Tesla Model S owners set out to refute NYT report, coin slang for human error

  Between data logs, rebuttals and general drama, it's easy to get confused: can a Tesla Model S make the trek from Washington DC to Co...

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NYT reporter responds to Tesla Model S data logs, impropriety accusations

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="NYT reporter responds to Tesla Model S data logs, impropriety accusations" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/tesla-model-s.jpg" /></div>Data logs of the Model S that left <i>New York Times</i> reporter John Broder stranded revealed a "violation of common sense" according to Telsa CEO Elon Musk, but Broder is now offering his side of the story to help make sense of the information. According to the journalist, he wasn't provided with "detailed instructions on maximizing the driving range" before his trip, and he placed roughly a dozen calls to the folks at Telsa about how he could address the car's declining range and make it to his destination. Apparently, some of the doubt-instilling data was caused by following the advice of Tesla representatives on how to maximize the vehicle's charge. For example, Broder says the auto lost a drastic amount of juice while parked in the cold over night, and a low-power one-hour charge was recommended by Tesla reps in conjunction with driving at a moderate speed to "restore" the lost power.<br />Broder also mentions that he didn't drive around a parking lot to run down the battery, but did so since he couldn't find the poorly-lit and unmarked Supercharger at night. <i>New York Times</i> Public Editor Margaret Sullivan called Musk several times throughout the day and couldn't get ahold him, but plans to ask the company's founder to open source the logs and other information. Come Friday, Sullivan expects to have some conclusions on the matter. Click the bordering source link to see Broder's entire point-by-point response to the logs for yourself.</div></div>

NYT reporter responds to Tesla Model S data logs, impropriety accusations

Data logs of the Model S that left New York Times reporter John Broder stranded revealed a "violation of common sense" according ...

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