February 13, 2013

How Range Anxiety Leads to Road (Trip) Rage

Chelsea Sexton, Wired


Wired

"Theory can be trumped by reality.”

That’s what The New York Times reviewer John Broder recently concluded about his experiences driving from Washington, D.C. to Boston in a shiny new Tesla Model S. With 265 miles of EPA-estimated range, “the coolest car on the planet” should have had plenty of leash — especially when aided by two of Tesla’s highly touted Superchargers along the way.

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