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.

From the article: “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. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service appointments.”

  • Toto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    11 months ago

    Totally agree but they would have been subsidized for anyone. It was Elon who did it

    Reminder: I really hate him

    But people saying that anyone could have done what he did IF they were born with money or IF government subsidies could somehow apply to them too. Plenty of born rich people out there who didn’t.

    He’s a smart guy. Emotionally a child, sociopath and narcissist. But he actually deserves some credit.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yup, he’s a smart salesperson and businessman, and he knows how to find good engineers. And that has worked out well for him. He had the means and was in the right place at the right time with the right ideas.