Tesla Motors, the electric car manufacturer, is accusing New York Times auto writer John Broder of serious irregularities in a recent story. Last week, Broder wrote an extremely negative piece [3] on the company which included a long segment describing his poor test drive of a Tesla Model S [4]. Broder claimed, most damningly, that his car completely ran out of energy on a highway. In a blog post, CEO Elon Musk released vehicle logs [5] which appear to contradict Broder's account; Musk also claims that Broder intentionally drove in circles to drain the car's battery. In his post--which only includes partial vehicle logs--Musk claims that Broder is hostile to electric cars in general. Meanwhile, the Atlantic Wire is raising questions of their own [6] about Tesla's partial data set.

Tesla was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies [7] in 2012 and has heavily hyped the Model S [8]. Musk spoke with the magazine in 2011 about electric cars [9] as well.

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