Judge Bricks Tesla’s Lawsuit Against Top Gear

Not a good day at Tesla: As if it's not enough that the blogosphere is aflutter with bricked roadsters and unauthorized GPS tracking, on top of it we have fresh news from England that Tesla's suit against Top Gear has been  thrown out. In 2008, Top Gear had said that the Tesla Roadster would only get 55 miles instead the 200 miles Tesla had specified. To underscore that point, a Tesla Roadster was pushed into a garage. Tesla brought suit for libel and malicious falsehood. Last October, British Justice Tugendhat disallowed the libel claim and asked that the malicious falsehood claim should be amended if it were to be allowed to proceed. Tesla's lawyers handed in an amendment. Justice Tugendhat read it and ruled today that Tesla's second attempt to formulate their malicious falsehood case on damage was so "vague" and so "gravely deficient" that "it is impossible to say that it has a real prospect of success or is in respect of a real and substantial tort." Which, to use the term du jour, bricked the lawsuit. The incriminated video has been "removed by the user." from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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