Actually, Top Gear faked the shut-down of the Tesla for dramatic effect.
If you google "top gear tesla" you'll see tons of articles discussing it.
BBC came under a lot of fire for the stunt and defended themselves saying
the segment was intended to show what would happen "IF" it ran out of juice.
The Top Gear people probably thought the show would be more entertaining
that way, and they may be right... a lot of people who don't like electric
vehicles were undoubtedly pleased as punch.
Jeremy never fails to entertain. The episode with the ridiculous
competition between a Rover SD1, Austin Princess, and Triumph Dolomite Sprint
is my favorite. Or maybe the one where they try to launch a Robin Reliant into
space...
-Nick
'62-ish TR4
Seattle
>From: Joe Burlein <supertr6@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [TR] LBC?
>To: Todd Richmond <twr@frii.com>
>
>Actually, the charge doesn't last that long. Check out Top Gear's test
>of the Tesla. I don't think it hit 60 that fast either.
>
>As for being a LBC. NOPE. I think my BMW has more British Parts than
>the Tesla!
>
>Joe
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