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BBC stands by 'misleading' Top Gear Tesla test

24/12/2008

The BBC has admitted that an electric car filmed grinding to a halt in an episode of Top Gear had not actually run out of power.In a segment presented by Jeremy Clarkson, first broadcast on 14 December, the electric Tesla Roadster was seen being pushed into a garage while Clarkson talked about it running out of charge.However, last week a spokesperson for Tesla asserted that neither of the two vehicles being tested by the BBC programme had fallen below 20% of their battery power.It has since emerged that the scene in question was intended as a 'reconstruction' of what would have happened if the car had run out of power."Top Gear stands by the findings in this film and is content that it offers a fair representation of the Tesla's performance on the day it was tested," the BBC said in a statement, as reported by The Register.Despite the criticism of the car's staying power, the review was largely positive, with the Tesla beating a Lotus Elise in a drag race and prompting Clarkson to describe it as "broadband motoring".

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