[tempestn]

That's a bit of a trend on the Tesla blog. You saw the same thing with all the excitement about range anxiety and journalist tracking and such. I agree that it doesn't play too well for them, but ultimately I would buy a car based on the car, not the defensiveness of the company or lack thereof... so perhaps it's a case of no such thing as bad publicity; they know responding will likely get them some press, so might as well.