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"Elon Musk has a billion dollars riding on calling the NY Times a liar and discrediting them."

No, he doesn't. It's one review out of many, the vast majority of which are far more favorable to the car.

There's some cost to Tesla to letting the review stand, but it's certainly not a billion dollars, or even hundreds of millions.

What is certain to happen now is that some credible auto review magazine is going to take a closer look at the way the car runs in cold weather.

If Musk is lying, he's going to get nailed. That's going to hurt a lot more than the one review.

The reporter, on the other hand, has no choice but to stick with his story now.



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