Musk scams Tesla owners out of warranty repairs with fake odometer readings

A good friend of mine had one of those. He got a very nice payout.

 

the range on my hybrid is advertised at 600 miles...i'm lucky to get close to 500

 

tesla whistleblower being allowed to move forward to force him into court to defend himself.

bad news for Musk

 

I would think unless there was direct instruction from Musk to do this it’s doesn’t hurt his imagine anymore than it’s been hurt.

Sadly sometimes middle level people do things without proper authority, time will tell if this was some co-ordinated effort to cheat people.


Side thought. I wonder if it would be better to have an hours meter for EV batteries. I’m not sure how lifespan is affected by low level use or high level use. Similar to “city vs highway” miles.

 

Makes sense. I know with my batteries for power tools they seem to last longer when being used more(to a certain degree).

100% warranty should be clear on that.

Interesting this has just come up now, Teslas have been on the market for how long?

 

Diesels have an odometer AND an hours meter. I would have assumed electric vehicles would have the same.

 

diesels can spend a lot of time idling so little bit different..

 

I've said it before, and I will say it again. EVs are a fun novelty, but they are still not quite ready to be a daily driver main more of transportation. The cold kills batteries because they are still NOT solid-state batteries. When they master the solid-state batteries the cold should not be that big of a problem. Wind on the other hand... yep, still a problem.

 

Any EV that gets 300 miles of range is more than a novelty, and even ones with lowly 200 mile range are enough to serve almost everyone as a “daily driver”. Longer commute may want to have more slack.

The main shortfall is on road trips or people who are high mileage drivers (deliveries or Uber drivers). If you need to “fill up” 2 or 3 times. That isn’t quite there yet, or still has major gaps.

 

Okay, some are not a novelty in reality, but to me... they are NOT ready for prime-time. You can't travel coast to coast and feel comfortable doing it. I would not feel comfortable worrying about where to charge my EV.

But batteries are getting better every year, and I am confident that one day in the next 10–15 years or so they will meet my comfort level expectation.

 

Understand that but batteries have a finite life so I don't see why it wouldn't be something to monitor as well unless it's purely a lifetime of the battery itself and not just usage which it may be. Maybe hours in battery life would have a different scale value based on all of the variables like heat, cold, recharge cycles and actual usage.

Then again, with all those variables I just mentioned I could see why hours usage tracking wouldn't be apples to apples and have limited value.

 

Telsa stock crashed again ahead of earnings report which is today after the markets close. Boy has Elon screwed that up.

 

Not necessarily. EVs in stop and go driving have great efficiency. Driving above 55 mph starts to hurt the efficiency, especially over 70-75. Same for the cold.