About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

From the article: “About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service appointments.”

  • NerfHerder@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    I can’t be the only one who read this and wondered what problems Teslas were causing to golf courses.

      • ZephrC@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        In golf you start a long way from the hole, so when you first start a hole you’re probably not trying to make it exactly, you’re just trying to get the ball to go a long way to get near the hole. That’s known as a drive. A driving range is a place to practice doing that.

    • Thurgo@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Third Year Letterman was right. These things are just imported golf carts.