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Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective (www.reuters.com)
submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Wheels falling off cars at speed. Suspensions collapsing on brand-new vehicles. Axles breaking under acceleration. Tens of thousands of customers told Tesla about a host of part failures on low-mileage cars. The automaker sought to blame drivers for vehicle ‘abuse,’ but Tesla documents show it had tracked the chronic ‘flaws’ and ‘failures’ for years.

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[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

leadership considers such wise long term investments to be costs on their quarterly forecasts, the benefits of which they wouldnt be personally rewarded for anyway. its a fundamental flaw of modern capitalism.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 21 points 10 months ago

Tesla is a stock manipulation company first and a car company second.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

its a fundamental flaw of modern capitalism

I disagree. It's a fundamental flaw of the people running Tesla. They're not going to get away with this - there will be lawsuits and serious consequences which could easily have been avoided while still making both short term and long term profits.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't hold my breath that they are going to be held accountable. That doesn't usually happen for large companies.