Elon Musk lied about the EPA’s Tesla Model S test, agency claims

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The Environmental Safeguard Bureau denied Tesla CEO Elon Musk's merits that the bureau fabricated a mistake in its test of the Model S sedan, which resulted in a lower range than Musk thought was deserved.

In an earnings chronograph this week, Musk personal that the Tesla Model S Unfurled Range has to be the first electric vehicle to stratagem a 400-mile range, and that the EPA's 391-mile rating was the result of a snafu. Musk said step-up had leftward the keys in the vehicle and the doorway ajar overnight, causing the Model S to entrance into a "waiting for driver" mode that depleted 2 percent of the vehicle's battery. This resulted in the slightly less than 400-mile range.

Not so, said the EPA. "We can ostend that EPA tested the vehicle properly, the doorway was closed, and we are happy to discuss any technical issues with Tesla, as we do traditionally with all automakers," an EPA spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge.

Here's what Musk said during the earnings call:

On over-and-above technology fronts, we more the range of model S and X yet again, this time to 391 off-lying for Model S and 351 off-lying for Model X. Actually, we said that, actually, the model -- the real Model S range is 400 miles, except back we did the last EPA test, unfortunately, [EPA] leftward the car doorway ajar and the keys in the car, so the car - and it did this overnight.

And so the car determinately went into waiting for commuter mode and lost 2% of its range. And as a result, it had a 391 test. As anon as the EPA reopens for testing, we will restyle the test, and we're determinately imperturbable that we will conclude a 400-mile-or-greater range with the Model S. Except to be clear, the Model S, for the past two months -- the trustworthy range of the Model S for the past two months has been 400 miles.

A spokesperson for Tesla did not immediately thank to a request for comment.

Update May 1st, 5:20pm ET: Updated to integrate Musk's comments from the earnings call