Look bottom line, IMHO, Broder is pro XL pipeline, anti EV, wrote damming summations of EV's and Tesla, he's broadly against EV's in general. His Tesla article, released practically on the eve of the president's state of the union address was no doubt designed to help build pressure against future funding of one of the president's darlings, EV's. This is all part of a larger strategy, to help emphasize, IMHO, that XL pipeline is really one of the only viable alternatives, that there is no other viable way to gain independence from foreign oil. In reality of course, the pipeline is mostly about making money, not delivering oil to the US... the pipeline goes straight to our ports. I'd wager a large sum of money that this is exactly why Broder set this trip up to fail, Tesla was getting nothing but glowing reviews and is beginning to show signs of success, a formidable opponent to the ICE industry. It's quite likely the article was a thinly veiled political stab at president Obama and one of many chess pieces being strategically placed to force the pipeline through. there is so much money at stake, it is imaginable to me that the powers that be are in fact this strategic.
Broder either has a big political ax to grind, loves sensationalism or is a shill of some sort or all of the above.
Wait, you forgot; The Man On The Grassy Knoll, MIHOP, Halibuton, Fox News, twin towers inside job (wait, that's MIHOP), fixed Diebold election readers, and 20 ft rising tides.