[Mgs] Top Gear BS

[Aaron Whiteman]

On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Larry Daniels wrote:

> It seems the Top Gear clowns have phonied up a test of a Tesla  
> electric car.
> So much for the integrity of these jackasses and their BBC show.

To their defense, they were only showing that the problem with an  
electric car isn't range.  It's recharge.  They could have done so  
without the hysterics, but we are talking about *Top Gear* here.  They  
consider 10MPG to be "economical".

My MG will only go 250 miles if I thrash it.  My Subaru can go a bit  
further.  The Tesla can do 300 if you don't thrash it.

That's all well and good, but what happens at the end of that 300  
miles.  I've not yet seen the episode, but a quick google indicates  
that a recharge takes about 3.5 hours if you have industrial service  
(220V, 80A), over a day on more mundane 110V.  It takes about 10  
minutes to refill the tank on my dino-juice cars, if the pumps run slow.

This is important when you drive in Eastern Washington, the best  
drives take all day and are well in excess of 300 miles.

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