On this, I am more likely to believe Tesla and Musk.

The NYT is a well-known water carrier for big oil and their interests. And Musk has the data. Why would he need to lie? I am quite sure the reviewer set out to make the Tesla vehicle look bad to show “what could happen” and got busted doing so. I know a few people with Teslas. They are more than pleased with them and they simply don’t behave like this. This isn’t how they operate and if they did so, it’d be disastrous.

Musk should release the data, agreed, but I do not trust the NYT for reliable journalism in cases like this so I suspect the review was cooked. I’d bet quite a lot of money on it.