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[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Company: *actively commits fraud in a very blatant way*

The media: "wow, looks like they're being sneaky little rascals, those scamps!"

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

Punishment: a fine and more subsidies from the taxpayers to make up for the fine.

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 17 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

A Bluesky thread explains it this way...

It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service. It’s not subtle, in this lawsuit a customer says his odometer was running more than three times as fast as it should!

https://subium.com/profile/dfeldman.org/post/3lmvrlvkexs2g

Elon also previously fucked around battery performance. There's a link in the thread.

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Edit. Better link.

[–] buh@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

they're getting what they paid for very-smart

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

they hide when you knock on their door