[davewritescode]

The "media problem" is completely earned by Tesla. You know how you avoid bad press? By consistently under-promising while over-delivering and bending over backwards to keep your customers loyal and happy even after they've handed over their money so that when they need a new car they return to you.

German automakers are a great example of this. Whether it's gas or electric they significantly understate the performance and efficiency of their cars while in the real world they always exceed what they've promised.

[salawat]

Until Dieselgate at least.

[davewritescode]

Yeah, was mostly talking about the German luxury automakers which is the market Tesla is trying to compete with most directly.