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I wrote the original blog post about Teslas bricking. This IDC/IDG post is embarrassingly wrong about basically everything. The cars are most definitely not "just in need of servicing". Tesla's not even arguing that - I even have a written statement from them that it's $40k to fix.

This alleged "expert" can even get the number of cells right (6,831 by the way).

The article should be retracted.

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My takeaway is that the Tesla Roadster is a very expensive toy at this point. There are some electric charging stations now at my work (I can only assume they would work with the Roadster, haven't look into it), but it really sounds to me like the early adopters are going to be paying out the nose for electric for a few more years.

I have a Civic Hyprid, which is pretty underwhelming, but functions pretty much like a regular car. If I don't end up giving it to my step-daughter, I almost assuredly will keep it until the more efficient electric vehicles are as reliable.

You should to post that statement regarding the $40k (with any sensitive info blacked out, of course). Seems like a lot of the back and forth on this issue hinges on whether they are really charging that much to correct this problem.

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