Tesla’s $70,000 Model S is as much a “compliance” vehicle as the electric cars built by other auto makers. That’s one truth the audience didn’t hear from Diarmuid O’Connell, Tesla vice president of business development, who made a much-noted appearance at a Michigan automotive seminar this week.
Mr. O’Connell called on Washington to stiffen the already-stiff Obama fuel-mileage mandates. He criticized electric cars churned out by other…
