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		bitcartel on Feb 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: That Tesla Data: What It Says and What It Doesn’t Given the ambiguity of what the dash was reporting and what Tesla personnel were telling him, it looks like he put his trust in the humans. In that situation, where you've been led to believe the dash behaves like a wonky gauge, it's quite reasonable to not call back.

taproot on Feb 15, 2013 [–]

Can't say I'd call starting out on a 61 mile journey with 32 miles of charge reasonable.

pseut on Feb 15, 2013 | [–]

You might if your only task that day were to assess and report on the current state of charging that car.

taproot on Feb 15, 2013 | | [–]

Assess? That wasn't an assessment, that was FUD.

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