VIDEO: ELON MUSK'S FIGHT WITH JEREMY CLARKSON AFTER TESLA VS. TOP GEAR WAR!
This BBC interview shows Elon Musk explaining why Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson was so biased for Tesla!
When the Tesla Roadster was reviewed by Top Gear, the episode contained lies and misinformation about the Roadster's performance, behaviour and reliability. Tesla reluctantly took legal action after its repeated attempts to contact the BBC that ignored their requests.
Th episode depicts Tesla as a vehicle that is suffering critical "breakdowns" during track driving. In the conclusion of the episode, Jeremy Clarkson says the Tesla Roadster just doesn't work.
These were the misrepresented comments that appeared in the Top Gear episode:
- The Roadster ran out of charge and had to be pushed into the Top Gear hangar by 4 men.
- The Roadster's true range is only 55 miles per charges (not 211)
- One Roadster's motor overheated and was completely immobilized.
- The other Roadster's brakes were broken, rendering the car undrivable.
- Neither of the two Roadsters were fitted for test driving due to these problems.
However, it was discovered that the breakdowns were staged and the statements are untrue. Yet Top Gear's lies are repeatedly re-broadcasted to hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide on BBC television and web sites.
It is clear that the Roadster and its EV technology, as well as EVs generally, have been unfairly represented by Top Gear.
Watch the video to see Elon Musk properly explain the war between the Tesla and Top Gear!