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Yes, but a primary marketing metric for these vehicles is range. So you if you sold me a vehicle with range X, but it turns out the range is 0.9X, then it's qu
by jgalt212 5y ago
Yes, but a primary marketing metric for these vehicles is range. So you if you sold me a vehicle with range X, but it turns out the range is 0.9X, then it's quite right for the buyer to expect some sort of "make good" and the producer to expect the government to force one upon them.
It gets even trickier if it can be shown that the producer was aware that such reductions in range would be quite likely to occur in the near future. When likely transitions to certainty, then it's fraud.
- Robotbeat 5y agoBut I’m not given any compensation from Chevy. The range reduction is small, within the warranty (like with Tesla). I wish I had the ability to fix it via software updates instead of having to bring it to a dealer. Tesla has actually INCREASED both range and charge speed via software updates, as well. And there’s no reason to suspect Tesla or Chevy knew for a fact they’d need to do this. People throw “fraud” around way too easily. Usually, when people do that, it makes me think they’re likely perma-skeptics.
- jgalt212 5y ago> The range reduction is small, within the warranty (like with Tesla). Very much like self-driving. The marketing people (Elon) say it's self-driving. The legal people say it's driver assist.
- atatatat 5y agoSimilar to VW reducing the MPG of vehicles after dieselgate.