Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
www.reuters.com
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to improve the actual distance Tesla cars could drive between charges, according to an investigation by Reuters.

  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    A hybrid does not use 5x less materials than an EV unless your car weighs 1/5th that of a normal car.

    My bolt weighs 3600 lbs. Including battery. Does your car weigh 720 pounds?

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      “critical materials”

      Could mean lithium or cobalt or something that’s harder to come by than steel or aluminum

      • Proweruser@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s the problem when people just invent words. Nobody knows what they mean.

        Lithium is not hard to come by.

        Cobalt is used sparingly in batteries or not at all. You know where it’s used a lot? Gasoline desulfurization. So your hybrid uses up a ton of Cobalt.