[Where is the generic thread on Tesla Model S ?].
Now that Model S has won the MT CotY award, accolades and high praise reviews are pouring in. This particular one caught my attention for two reasons:
- it stresses the fact that EVs are now ready for prime time, which is the first such article I have read.
- Chelsea's comments at the end caught my attention.
"[The Model S is a] huge accomplishment from a brand new company in the big picture of the industry,” says Chelsea Sexton of the Lightning Rod Foundation. “It’s also an expensive car and an infant program, so it will undoubtedly have early technical issues and things that wouldn’t necessarily apply to other contenders – which makes the ‘engineering excellence’ and ‘value’ categories somewhat debatable.”
While the first part of the comment is spot on setting the right expectations, the 2nd half seemed quite unwarranted. It seemed to indicate that somehow Model S is not an leap in Engineering excellence or not value for the money. I totally disagree with that.
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