Tesla sued for false advertising after allegedly exaggerating EV ranges / The proposed class action accuses Tesla of fraud::A lawsuit accuses Tesla of false advertising for allegedly exaggerating EV ranges…

  • Gnubyte@lemdit.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh boy does GM with Chevrolet bolt have a huge lawsuit incoming then.

    The only one that was even somewhat realistic was the shitty Nissan leaf with it’s 128 mile range for awhile lol, from experience.

    I’m sure Tesla gets decent enough range but I can’t attest to that. I can attest to the bolt and leaf though.

  • Yendor@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is such a nothingburger.

    class action

    It’s literally 3 people in California

    The trio claims their cars fell well short of their estimated ranges

    Teslas are tested to the EPA test cycles, same as every other car in the US. They’ve been audited multiple times, and always passed.

    The lawsuit follows a Reuters report that Tesla began modifying EV ranges about a decade ago.

    Ah yes, an unverified report from a single unnamed source with 10-year-old knowledge.

    Its cars would supposedly show inflated figures when fully charged, and would only start showing accurate numbers under a 50 percent charge. … It’s not certain that Tesla still uses these purported exaggerations.

    If the “investigative” reporter wanted to test this, they could literally just go and find a new Tesla and see what its fully-charged range says. Trivially simple. But it would show the EPA range which goes against their story, so they don’t mention it.

    To head off complaints, the automaker is said to have created a “Diversion Team” that would persuade users to drop range-related support calls.

    In tech (and Tesla is a tech company) it’s called L1 support. Try calling your ISP and getting them to send out a technician, and they’re going to make you do a bunch of other tests on your end first. It’s annoying, but it turns out most complaints can be solved over the phone (because most complaints come from people who are terrible with technology).

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      One of my favorite things about Lemmy is that right-wing apologists and bootlickers get called out pretty consistently.

    • fresh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Predictable Musk apologist.

      Tesla is the only company with such incorrect range estimates. There is now tons of evidence, such as internal communication, indicating that this was intentional lying. If they win, the payout will be to all affected, not just to those filing suit.

  • r00ty@kbin.life
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    1 year ago

    Going to have to go with this one again.

    “I sued Tesla, because I bought their car, I drove it and then I got stuck!”