I am not a fan of the lawsuit itself. Waste of shareholder resources.

 

they call that libel????

i see nothing wrong with that review.

fact is, as long as electric cars have short range and take an eternity to charge, they won't catch on.

 

Will you still feel that way if Tesla wins and get a good settlement? That will probably improve the company's bottom line....and increase the possibility of some dividends.

I myself am not taking sides or predicting an outcome....but the burden of proof is obviously on Tesla.

 

Auto-manufacturers are working with utility-power companies to develop 400-volt chargers. When operational, they should be able to charge a state-of-the-art lithium-ion-battery electric vehicle in about 20-30 minutes. Typical 110-120V house current takes about 8 hours; the more-powerful 220V outlets about 4 hours. I don't know if Top Gear mentioned that or not......I didn't watch the episode.

 

Wake me up in 20 years when that becomes even somewhat widely available

 

It seems pretty stupid that they're suing them.

 

20 years? That will depend on public-acceptance of electric cars. The public's current (no pun intended) rejection of electric cars is partially due, as the thread-topic suggests, to long, inconvienient charging times and a lack of public charging-stations. But, if the 400V chargers can be developed, produced at reasonable expense, and installed at enough places across the country (homes, malls, hotels/motels, work-places, etc....), then perhaps public-acceptance of full-electrics will widen. Also to be worked out, of course, is how utility-companies will be able to handle the extra electrical load of charging a lot of vehicles at once, and how it will be paid for.

 

Is it me, or does Tesla always talk a big game and then show up and really prove nothing?

 

lemme know when someone makes a battery capable of being quick charged repeatedly without frying.

those 15 minute chargers for our small electronics supposedly shorten the life of rechargeable batteries.

 

i think the problem was that Top Gear pushed the Tesla into garage, claiming it run out of electricity when in fact, it did not.

 

They did push it into the garage without the car running out of juice but Clarkson said based on their calculations it "would" run out of battery at 55 miles but he didn't actually claim it ran out.

That aside tho the car did overheat and break down and the second car's brakes failed (what did Tesla buy the brakes from Toyota ) at one point.

 

Automotive battery-packs, though, are anything BUT small.

 

Not enough to money to make a difference. I know because I understand the company (I actually have had some contact with corporate management at that company) In short this is nuisance lawsuit, a "good"'settlement would not be material.

Btw-the goal really is not large sums of money.

 

thats a lot like driving M3 and then pretending it broke down, quoting JD Powers and CR.

:-)

 

"THE top car show in the world"?????

You gotta be kidding me...........They rate car base on european: always #1, any other car post threat to european are crap or under rate it. Why the hell you test the LFA on a raining day??? its built for dry road!!!!

In addition, they said the Hyundai Genesis coupe is better than Lexus sc430. From their favor word: "bloody hell!!!". Only ignorance british will compare the two..........