Tesla speeds up odometers to avoid warranty repairs, U.S. lawsuit claims
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Tesla faces a proposed class action claiming it speeds up odometers on its EVs so they fall out of warranty faster, saving the company from paying repairs.
  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    509·
    3 months ago

    Tesla is a shitty company, and everyone who works there is shitty. Same for SpaceX. They don’t have any excuses left.

    Anyone who buys a Tesla from this point forward is also shitty.

  • Ghyste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    38·
    3 months ago

    I’d be willing to bet Tesla odos go off GPS readings instead of any sort of physical sensor or mechanism. All kinds of opportunity to screw the reading up that way, intentionally or otherwise.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    3 months ago

    Should be super easy to prove too… Take an assortment of Teslas to a 1 mile stretch of road, drive it up and down 20 times, measure the mileage before and after.

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      3 months ago

      It might only overcount from 40k to 50k, that hump to get the warranty over. Then undercount to get back on track.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        They are the most data harvested car by far. Knowing these criminals they likely run statistical models trained on all prior Teslas, approaching it like an actuary/data scientist.

        The overcounting may only be performed on Individual units that display certain patterns which indicate premature failure. Maybe it only occurs based on the profitability vs likelihood of warranty claim for that individual unit, mitigating losses for manufacturing defaults (or cost cutting by a narcissistic megalomaniac).

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    they’re just making up time since teslas usually explode well before they could get old enough to reach high mileage.