July 10th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Driving to Las Vegas in an electric vehicle is NOT a big deal and I don't have to spend any significant amount waiting for my car to charge — certainly not 5 hours!!!
June 22nd, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
In an article by Ivan Penn published this weekend, the New York Times has stretched the truth beyond breaking point to suggest that EVs cannot make the LA–Las Vegas–LA round trip without needing over 5 hours of charging. Let's clean up their mess
June 1st, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Generally speaking, people don't have time to become experts on a ton of subjects and can't follow the news of many different topics or industries in a careful, deep way. So, I get it, not everyone who is concerned about our climate catastrophe or political challenges is also following Tesla closely and able to cut through the misleading coverage and smear campaigns to get to the deeper stories
March 2nd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Some of the most interesting shifts in our lives come through odd luck — or fate if your brain works how mine does. Believe it or not, I didn't plan to land in the career of "blogger" when I went to college in the year
December 8th, 2018 | by Chanan Bos
As promised in last week's #Pravduh about #Tesla report, here is a breakdown of all the publishers we track and how their coverage has changed over the past 3 months. We were also planning to release a breakdown of the authors. However, since this article is already quite long, we decided to postpone that till next week
December 1st, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
The New York Times has described the Tesla factory in Fremont as a hotbed of racism, but its story misses the point completely.
October 10th, 2018 | by Peter Forman (aka Papafox)
A great deal of attention has been recently placed on the conflict between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding certain tweets by the CEO of Tesla. What is not clear to many, however, is the extraordinary number of potential securities violations that are happening regularly with regards to Tesla’s stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) that are the work of individuals opposing Tesla’s success. It’s fair to say that a war is presently underway between Tesla and its enemies
October 8th, 2018 | by Chanan Bos
Last week included record-shattering production and delivery numbers from Tesla and thus a dramatic shift in the US automotive market. The American-made Model 3 became the 4th highest selling car in the United States and was for the second month in a row the highest grossing car in the United States. It was the only car in the top 7 produced by an American car company. Furthermore, the Model 3 totally demolished the competition in the luxury car market and Tesla as a whole was the top selling luxury vehicle brand in the country. The week also included an SEC lawsuit regarding some of Elon's tweets and a settlement regarding that lawsuit. How did the headlines match up with that news and more? Read on to find out
September 6th, 2018 | by Guest Contributor
Tesla’s vehicles are the three top-selling EVs in the US market. Model S has been consistently outselling every competing large luxury sedan for years, and it appears as if Model 3 will similarly dominate the small sedan segment. The company continues merrily producing 5,000 Model 3s per week, and teardowns by two sets of auto industry experts (Munro & Associates and a group commissioned by German automakers) have concluded that the new EV should deliver a healthy profit margin
September 4th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
I've been curious lately — how has Tesla coverage in the mainstream media evolved over time? Has Tesla coverage always been batshit crazy? Or is that a relatively new thing? Last week, I wrote about dramatically negative press sentiment about Tesla that was prevalent 10 years ago. The company was sure to die any day, according to smart dudes at The Truth About Cars, the New York Times, and most outlets in between
August 27th, 2018 | by Peter Forman (aka Papafox)
The New York Times interview of Elon Musk released late in the night of August 16, 2018, clobbered Tesla’s stock price the next day, resulting in a fall of more than $30 a share by the end of Friday’s after-market trading and a single-day transfer of wealth of over a billion dollars from Tesla’s investors to the stock’s short sellers
August 19th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The New York Times has decided that, with Elon Musk and Tesla, yellow journalism is not below its standards. I have a few thoughts on that
May 27th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
I just published a long piece on why I think Tesla CEO Elon Musk was so wrong in his reactionary, broad-brushed response to certain media coverage. But as a great reminder of what has been raising his blood pressure for months or years, the NYTimes coverage regurgitated the narratives that have pushed Elon over the edge — without putting them in proper context. Ugh. Do you have to do such a poor job responding to his criticisms when we need to convince Sir Elon to keep away from generic media bashing
May 5th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
The New York Times, which now bills itself as the purveyor of "truth," decided perhaps it had too much of a liberal bias, so it went out and secured the services of a former Wall Street Journal editorial writer named Bret Stephens
