Tesla's Elon Musk Fires Back at New York Times Reviewer

The Chairman and CEO of

, Elon Musk, fired back against a negative New York Times review of the Tesla Model S earlier on

. “NYTimes article about Tesla range in cold is fake. Vehicle logs tell true story that he didn't actually charge to max & took a long detour,” Musk tweeted. He then added, “Tesla blog coming soon detailing what actually happened on [John] Broder's NYTimes ‘range test'. Also lining up other journalists to do same drive.” In

, he complained about the car's range in the cold weather, stating that his vehicle ran out of electrical charge and had to be towed. That may have contributed to a sell-off in shares of Tesla, which were down over three percent at one point Monday morning. After Musk's tweets, Tesla shares rebounded, and were down just 0.50% in afternoon trading. Tesla is set to report earnings after the bell Monday. Analysts expect the company to report a loss of $0.53 on revenue of $298.90 million. More important might be the company's actual sales figures, as investors attempt to digest the market's appetite for the company's vehicles. Shares of Tesla are heavily shorted, with over 36% of the shares sold short as of January 15. If Tesla's results come in better than anticipated, investors might expect a solid pop after-hours. Shares of Tesla traded near $39 late on Monday.