Elon Musk 'rigged Teslas to show an inflated range'
Elon Musk ‘rigged Teslas to show an inflated range they could travel before running out of charge’
- The alleged order to give optimistic estimates was made by Musk a decade ago
- A probe claims the US carmaker set up a secret team to suppress complaints
Elon Musk ordered Tesla to ‘rig its electric cars’ dashboards’ to show an inflated range they could travel before running out of charge, it is alleged.
A probe claims the US carmaker set up a secret team to suppress thousands of complaints from owners disappointed by their vehicle’s performance.
Employees in America were tasked with cancelling as many service appointments as possible that related to range problems.
Elon Musk (pictured) ordered Tesla to ‘rig its electric cars’ dashboards’ to show an inflated range they could travel before running out of charge, it is alleged
A probe claims the US carmaker set up a secret team to suppress thousands of complaints from owners disappointed by their vehicle’s performance
The directive to present the optimistic range estimates came from chief executive Mr Musk around a decade ago, unnamed sources told the Reuters news agency.
Neither Tesla nor its billionaire owner Mr Musk has responded to the claims.
Tesla was fined by South Korean regulators earlier this year after they found cars delivered as little as half their advertised range in cold weather.
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