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Every electric car manufacturer (phone/laptop/whatever else) is guilty of throttling charging speed, always. Is this a joke? Was expert witness not questioned,
by emteycz 5y ago
Every electric car manufacturer (phone/laptop/whatever else) is guilty of throttling charging speed, always. Is this a joke? Was expert witness not questioned, if the judge missed high school physics? The reputation of Norway just went under 0 in my mind.
Edit in response to the point about Tesla not answering:
That's UK/US legal tradition - but Norway claims (apparently isn't) to be a "rechtstaat"[0]. That means that [the court is legally bound to justice in any case, and that Tesla has constitutional right for justice - best effort must be made even if it didn't respond. This has arisen because many European states of the past abused courts in absence for monetary or political gains, just like this case.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechtsstaat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechtsstaat
Edit in response to the point about Tesla having to defend itself:
Sure. But they absolutely shouldn't have automatically lost. The judge must consider all available information about the case and make a fair judgement.
Here it's a case of basic technological principle - all battery packs are throttled, or the battery wouldn't survive a week; that throttling is adaptive to battery health, battery temperature, surrounding conditions, stability of incoming electricity and so on. Tesla doesn't have to supply this information, all that is basic highschool physics (at least in Europe).
// The problem with Apple was about throttling CPU and thus making the device slower in order to make time on battery consistent. This is totally different, and absolutely necessary.
- kryptiskt 5y agoIt's up to Tesla to defend themselves. If they rather play dead than respond to the suit, they will lose by default. The judge isn't supposed to do the work for them.
- asddubs 5y agothey won by default because tesla never responded to the lawsuit
- LightG 5y agoHope the court doubles the fine then. Actions should have consequences.