The lawsuit filed in California cites a July 27 report from Reuters that claimed Tesla exaggerated the range of its EVs.
Three Tesla owners in California have sued the automaker in a proposed class action over falsely advertising the estimated driving ranges of its EVs.article published last week
which reported Tesla had created a"Diversion Team" in Nevada to cancel as many range-related appointments as possible. The reason for that was that the company had become overwhelmed by owner complaints of lower range than shown by the in-dash indicator. The same report included a claim that about ten years ago Tesla had decided to write algorithms for its in-dash range meter that would show drivers optimistic projections for the distance the car could travel on a single charge. The source for that claim said the directive to present the optimistic range estimates came from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.said it could not determine whether the automaker still uses algorithms that inflate range estimates.
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