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

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

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

they're getting what they paid for very-smart

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

they hide when you knock on their door