New York Times can't kill the electric car

This week saw a war of words between Tesla's supporters, lead by CEO Elon Musk, and New York Times' environmental reporter John M. Broder. The issue in contention was the range of the Model S electric car during a typical East Coast winter, as detailed by Broder in the article "Stalled Out on Tesla's Electric Highway."

Broder's article could be taken as an indictment against the practicality of the Model S, but reading his account closely, I did not see anything that went outside of how I would expect an electric car to behave.

Finding no fault I reviewed the Model S last December and have driven just about every electric car from a major manufacturer. In one memorable tour with the Model S, I burned up 100 miles of range, according to the car's computer, in 60 miles of actual driving.

And I did not find that range differential a fault of the car.

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