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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Washedupcynic@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

The lead plaintiff in the case, Nyree Hinton, bought a used Model Y with less than 37,000 miles (59,546 km) on the odometer. Within six months, it had pushed past the 50,000-mile (80,467 km) mark, at which point the car's bumper-to-bumper warranty expired. (Like virtually all EVs, Tesla powertrains have a separate warranty that lasts much longer.)

For this six-month period, Hinton says his Model Y odometer gained 13,228 miles (21,288 km). By comparison, averages of his three previous vehicles showed that with the same commute, he was only driving 6,086 miles (9,794 km) per 6 months.

Edit: I just want to point out that I just learned that changing your tires to ones of a different diameter can also affect how your spedometer clocks. So yeah, this issue is full of nuance and plausible things as to why this could not be true.

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[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 0 points 2 weeks ago

It's far more likely that the odometer in Teslas are just poor quality crap like the rest of the car.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

We already know they knowingly lied about battery range, the capabilities of self driving, and a ton of other fraudulent practices. Tesla is doing it intentionally is more likely than poor build quality.

[-] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

In fact I believe the odometer reading is calculated from the electricty consumption, not from a meter in the gearbox. So if the range reading is inaccurate (and they are) it would throw out the mileage as well.

Should be super easy to prove too… Take an assortment of Teslas to a 1 mile stretch of road, drive it up and down 20 times, measure the mileage before and after.

Not necessarily, the incorrect readings may only occur at certain speeds or conditions.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

That would make no sense. There has to be something spinning connected to something rolling in the ground.

All the AC motors have some kind of encoder to control rotation (and can easily be used to count rotations as well). But if Xitter and Doge have taught us anything, it’s that the programmers for Musks companies more not be very competent.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but if you apply hanlon's razor whenever it's applicable, you're right more often.

"never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It can definitely be both. Trump is exhibit A. Its never enough for them to get what they want, it has to hurt the other person or party on the other end of any interaction. They are thoroughly malicious and stupid

[-] knightly@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago

When accused of crimes, deflect by admitting to even bigger crimes.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Archer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I have the worst fucking attorneys

[-] VanillaFrosty@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Double it and give it to the next defendant!

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