Argument 3: Musk writes that "Cruise control was never set to 54 mph as claimed in the article, nor did he limp along at 45 mph." This refers to the second part of Broder's sentence about turning down the heat, "I turned the climate control to low — the temperature was still in the 30s — and planted myself in the far right lane with the cruise control set at 54 miles per hour," and then again when he was in Norwich: "The displayed range never reached the number of miles remaining to Milford, and as I limped along at about 45 miles per hour I saw increasingly dire dashboard warnings to recharge immediately." Musk places that first part again at 182 miles in and the second part at around mile 410. Update: Broder emails, "I address the speed issue and many others in the forthcoming post." We've blocked off both those sections.

Convincing? Yes, then no. The speeds look a bit higher for both parts, almost reaching 70 at some points on the leg to NY, which does not jibe with the 54 mph cruise control. But the section before he broke down it does look like he chugged along at a pretty low speed. Update: Broder clarifies in his Wheels blog post that "I drove normally (at the speed limit or with prevailing traffic) when I thought it was prudent to do so." However, he also admits the he "cannot account for the discrepancy" in that first 60 mph log. He thinks it might have to do with the tire.

Argument 4: Broder intentionally ran down the battery upon arrival at the first charging station in Milford to reach zero battery. Musk captions the chart below, "Detail showing car driving around in circles in front of the Milford Supercharger trying to get Model S to stop with zero range indicated," but earlier he seems to suggest that it shows malice on Broder's part, arguing he "worked very hard to force our car to stop running" and "Instead of plugging in the car, he drove in circles for over half a mile in a tiny, 100-space parking lot. When the Model S valiantly refused to die, he eventually plugged it in."

Convincing? Not quite. It's unclear how driving 0.6 miles at less than 15 mph would drain the battery to completion, or how it indicates he was driving with the intention of killing the car. Google Maps shows that it's 0.2 miles from where the off-ramp starts to where the Tesla Supercharger is located (or where Google thinks it's located—we don't know the charging station's exact location) in the Milford Service Plaza.

Musk is accusing Broder of driving three times the most direct route. Maybe Broder missed the charging station and drove around the McDonald's a couple times looking for it? Update: And indeed, earlier today, Broder told Daily Intel's Joe Coscarelli that he got lost looking for the charging station. "I was circling the parking lot in the service plaza looking for the unmarked and unlighted Supercharger port in the dark. I was not trying to drain the battery." At the speeds shown in the logs, Tesla says Broder spent around five minutes driving around the service plaza before stopping. If he was deliberately trying to drain the battery, he did not stick to the endeavor for very long.