Did you even try?
I'm not sure if you are trying to split hairs to catch him on the use of that
exact phrase, but here some examples from
November 2012:
And, as
@Ugliest1 said "
since September 2012", here's an example of the current version of the page:
It is true that the problem the Supercharger network was built to solve was the long range driving - and that the original 2012 announcement is worded to that effect. I am sure this is beyond dispute for anyone who has paid any attention.
What is far more controversial is what happened since and how Tesla marketed the product since (until the change of wording in 2015). That matters even more, because those wordings were what sold most of the Model S fleet in 2013-2015, not some 2012 press release.
It was, basically, marketed as a very simple all you can eat product on both Tesla.com and by the Tesla sales people. I think this is fair to say. If any limitation was thought to be there, it was mostly not even implied, let alone explicit. Heck, it was not explicit even in the original press release. And, of course, Tesla even built Superchargers inside big cities for apartment-dweller charging and publicized this.
And the reason, IMO, seems perfectly clear: Whatever its origin, Supercharging quickly became a wider sales obstacle remover and it was used effectively. No limits Supercharging (local included) was used as a means to seal the deal with people who had concerns that could be overcome with that idea. Both by Tesla sales and, of course, also in the Tesla owner community who were more than happy to parrot this line because it made Tesla look good and because, in reality, we knew this is how Tesla promoted it too.
Once the balance of sales obstacle removal vs. Supercharging becoming an issue tended to swing towards the latter (partly helped by the fact that other charging opportunities have increased greatly since 2012, and mostly caused by Tesla vehicle numbers going up), Tesla walked back on the earlier policy and instituted the new wording on Supercharging and even sent a round of notes to regular local Superchargers. Since then the idle charges and loss of FUSC have been further steps to that effect.
