Tesla had 'secret team' cancel EV range complaints: Reuters

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A Reuters investigation alleges Tesla programmed its cars to offer unrealistic driving-range estimates—and employed a Nevada-based team to cancel service appointments to fix the issue: —via drivingdotca

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The report said that about ten years ago, according to an unnamed source, “Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide ‘rosy’ projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge,” at the direction of Elon Musk. Reuters said the automaker received so many driving-range complaints last year, it created a special team, based in Nevada – where Tesla has a vehicle component and battery factory – that cancelled appointments involving complaints about vehicle range.

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