There's a sucker born every minute!
Posted on 01/16/2018 10:07:34 AM PST by Armen Hareyan
Because the battery is not powerful enough, a Tesla Model S doesn't provide the power that the manufacturer promised. This annoys the buyers of the electric car in Norway, who want to have compensation from Tesla.
They think Tesla has promised too much. According to a number of Norwegian Model S owners, who complained about Tesla, the car does not have the power specified and promised by Tesla. In it, the motorists see misleading advertising and demand compensation.
We are talking about Model S P85D vehicles that were delivered in 2015. Tesla had offered the model S P85D with an output of about 522 kW. However, the batteries could not provide enough power to develop full engine power. Tesla corrected the performance of the Model S P85D to about 350 kW.
Frustrated Tesla owners ask for compensation
Therefore 79 Tesla owners now complain about Tesla, according to a report in Dagens Næringsliv. They argue that the company has made false promises. They want a discount. Another lawsuit was filed by 38 Tesla drivers in the fall of 2017. In fact, one of the plaintiffs is investor Jens Ulltveit-Moe who met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally in 2014.
In 2016, 133 Norwegian Tesla owners had already complained for the same reason. Tesla agreed with them in December 2016 and paid everyone 65,000 kroner, the equivalent of 8,200 USD, or offered them benefits in kind for their car.
Poorly written headline as it gives the impression that Tesla is the one demanding compensation.
I think considering Musk’s history, I’m pretty sure he’ll look for a way to get American taxpayers to pony up for his lies.
350 kw instead of the [originally] advertised 533 kw.
Perhaps those who purchased prior to the figures being “corrected” should be refunded 33% of the purchase price they paid.
Leftists lie. Constantly. About everything. It’s what they do.
Thank you Robert. What would be a better headline? I had “against Tesla” people said they would rather say complain about... Thoughts?
Musk is a hero to the greenies. Electric vehicles are irrationally revered by the left. This story will be muffled, strangled, and pushed out of sight. Musk and Tesla will receive the most gentle slap on the hand.
79 Model S Owners Complain About Tesla, Demand Compensation
There's a sucker born every minute!
Between Tesla’s inability to meet their production goals, the manipulations of Solar City and the now public multi-billion dollar investments of both GM & Ford, Musk’s Tesla may end up being another Tucker.
700 HP vs. 470 HP for those of us who still think that way.
Electric hoopty cars are a disaster that is being shoved down our collective throats by the Deep State. I'm appalled at the the "top down" approach of the automakers, literally telling the buyer what they are allowed to have. Gone are the days of the free market deciding what will be built and sold.
Spent a few weeks in Norway at Christmastime.
Oslo is crawling with Teslas. (and not just because Oslo traffic is crawling-slow).
A big reason for that is the Norwegian tax system that heavily punishes gasoline/diesel cars and favors electric cars. And in Oslo, specifically, you have to pay 49 kroner ($6.22) each time you drive into the city limits. For electric cars you pay nothing.
TeslaEdsel
Ping.
Say it anin't so, they are SO trendy.
Fossil Fuels and Sanctimony.
Saw one on the way to work this morning...................
79 Model S Owners Complain About Tesla; Demanding Compensation
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