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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (646308)	2/24/2012 11:51:07 AM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1584256

If the battery of a Tesla car ever becomes completely discharged, the car turns into a “brick” that will never move again, absent $40,000 in repairs.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (646308)	2/24/2012 11:53:59 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1584256

Someone is trying to smear the whisteblower who broke the bricking story. He’s a guy who plunked down $50,000 and waited two years to get his electric car, then made the mistake of dropping it in a garage while his house was being renovated. Two months later, he found himself the proud owner of an electric brick. He says nobody from Tesla ever warned him this could happen. Persons unknown decided to smear this fellow by leaking confidential correspondence to the press, and insinuating he’s just a shakedown artist, an insinuation Tesla was happy to spread via Twitter. None of the leaked emails validate this slander in any way, and the electric brick owner in question, Max Drucker, says he only wanted warranty repairs for his dead $100,000 car. He’s given up on that, and just wants to warn other Tesla owners what might await them.