[MarkMc]

This seems to be the killer argument from Elon Musk.

What's interesting is that Rebecca Greenfield doesn't see it as convincing argument at all. Here's her explanation for siding with Broder:

"Broder also explains that he did not charge fully because of the time it took to charge. He wanted to show the real world experience of a real driver, who might not want to endure the hour and a half it takes to charge up, when only needing a certain amount of energy to get to point B"

What?? In what 'real world' would someone needing to travel 61 miles leave a charging station with an estimated range of 32 miles?

I get the feeling that Rebecca Greenfield realised that an article titled "Elon Musk's Data Doesn't Back Up His Claims" would generate more interest than "Elon Musk's Data Doesn't Back Up Most Of His Claims, But For One Of His Claims the Data Is Compelling"

[kamaal]

No but in real world no one expects a fuel loss of 50% on a car that is just parked and left overnight.