Tesla did not sue Top Gear for brake fuse failure.

Tesla sued Top Gear because they lied (affirmed by the judge) and staged the whole running out of battery scenario, HAVING SCRIPTED THIS IN ADVANCE.

Try reading what I wrote!

Wrote the script before receiving the cars. All I need to know.

Being that the "journalist" lied about it, yes, it's a lie...

Sorry, but my sense of logic asserts that:

PRE-SCRIPTED-RESULT != ACCURATE-REVIEW

What about the people already driving electric cars? They seem to be working, and their owners happy...

What if the batteries had a 600 mile capacity? (only 2x Tesla's Model S) That's 10 hours of driving. What percentage of people need a car that goes more than 10 hours a day without refueling?

> I still maintain that anyone who watches Top Gear regularly already knew it was a rigged game.

Ok, I guess I'm a bit naive then. I still watch Top Gear, which is very entertaining and funny, but when they seriously talk about having tested the vehicles, show them being driven around the test track, etc., I *still* feel like these are probably accurate reviews, despite my knowledge about the Tesla scam...

Semantics of a breakdown?! There was NO breakdown whatsoever--it was scripted! They pushed a car with a solid charge around!

Brake was not broken--fuse that supplied brake *assistance* failed. Brakes still worked. Tesla admitted extreme driving could cause the fuse failure, and has since redesigned it.

Being that you actually have to turn this feature on yourself, I'd say that amounts to prior consent...

The Top Gear scam, as admitted by Top Gear's producers, was that they had already decided on the result AND written the script before receiving the vehicles. Yes, it's entertainment, yes I love the show too, and yes, Tesla's response wasn't the greatest (lawsuit subsequently thrown out for legal technicalities despite judge confirming intentional lies by Top Gear), but come on they were presenting a review as if it was a result of testing, not of scripting...

The blog entry explains that the logging is not done on consumer vehicles without prior consent, but that this is always turned on for the press, after Tesla was scammed by Top Gear.

Watching your child die from a horrible, preventable disease.

... a heavily pixellated Geroge Wallace must be smiling in his recycle bin...

is this the same criminal kitty recently spotted trying to help prisoners escape in Brazil?

I know a lot, if not most posters here are very biased in favor of one company or the other. However in today's ruling, both companies were swinging for the fences, hoping to get lucky, and were rightfully slapped down:

Samsung attacking a juror despite having had ample knowledge and ability to discover potential bias, in order to get the whole thing thrown out and to roll the dice again.

Apple claiming irreparable harm in allowing the infringing devices, in order to get an import/sales ban. This is equally silly, as the features included are not exactly preventing Apple from selling its product, or similar extreme situation...

Cheese is made from milk.