Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) boss Elon Musk is facing a series of lawsuits over his business empire. Credit: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Elon Musk's Tesla is suing drivers over allegations that the company falsely advertised how many miles its electric cars could go on a fully charged battery.
Three Tesla owners filed a class action lawsuit in the US, alleging that their cars did not reach the stated range and that the company did not address the complaints.
James Porter, one of the plaintiffs who owns a Model Y, said that on one trip he «lost approximately 182 miles — despite only driving 92 miles.»
The lawsuit alleges that Tesla violated its warranty liabilities on vehicles and engaged in fraud and unfair competition.
It states: “If Tesla had honestly advertised its electric vehicle lineup, consumers would either not buy Tesla model vehicles or pay significantly less for them.”
Complaints highlight growing range anxiety, with EV owners fearing their battery won't be charged enough to get to their destination, leaving them stranded.
The fear is especially acute in places where there are hotspots. Electric vehicle charging is scarce and far apart, and is considered an obstacle to faster adoption of new technology.
This isn't the only legal challenge Tesla owner Musk is facing. .
X, Musk's new name for Twitter, is suing a major French news agency for allegedly refusing to pay to display news content.
Agence France Presse (AFP) claims in a Paris lawsuit, filed on Wednesday that X, Musk's new name for Twitter, was unable to negotiate with the news feed as required by French law.
Since 2019, news trading has been conducted in France. code that makes big tech companies pay news publishers to use their content.
This is weird. They want us to pay *them* for traffic to their site where they earn ad revenue and we don't!?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2023
AFP stated: » The move is intended to force Twitter to provide by law all the necessary elements necessary to assess the remuneration owed to AFP under related rights law.”
Mr. Musk said the statement is «weird» as he responded to a tweet about the lawsuit.
«They want us to pay *them* for traffic to their site, where they earn ad revenue, but we don’t!?” he wrote on Thursday morning.
The legal battle against Tesla began after it was alleged that the company created a so-called «sabotage group» in Las Vegas to prevent customers from filing complaints about the range of their electric vehicles. .
Reuters also reported that Tesla has tweaked the algorithms of its dash-mounted range meter to show «pink» predictions of how far the car can travel on a fully charged battery. comes directly from Mr. Musk.
The new complaint seeks class action status to represent anyone in California who bought a Tesla Model 3, Model S, Model Y, or Model X. It seeks unspecified damages.< /p>
This is not the first time Tesla has been subject to lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny over claims about the safety and performance of its vehicles.
Mr Musk and his company have been sued the allegations have exaggerated the effectiveness and safety of Tesla's Autopilot and full autonomous driving technologies.
Another proposed class action lawsuit accuses Tesla of violating customer privacy over allegations that employees shared sensitive images and videos captured by car cameras . .
Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
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