Tesla is going after Top Gear over two years after the BBC show mocked its electric Tesla Roadster. Tesla is suing Top Gear and the BBC as a result of a December 2008 episode which featured a race between the Tesla Roadster and a gas-powered Lotus Elise.
The show featured Jeremy Clarkson claiming the Tesla ran out of charge at 55 miles followed by footage of it being pushed around a garage. Clarkson concluded his piece saying: “It’s just a shame that in the real world, it doesn’t seem to work.” Only that seems not to be the case…
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