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I understand that American regulation is company friendly so you can essentially promise and do whatever. However, did Tesla not also sell in other areas, like
by zwaps 5y ago
I understand that American regulation is company friendly so you can essentially promise and do whatever.
However, did Tesla not also sell in other areas, like in the EU? Were those claims absent?
Because if not, the case would be seem to be easy: Tesla sells a car with self-driving capable hardware (advertised in a manner where your purchasing decisions would be influenced by that claim), has obviously not delivered and has therefore up to three attempts to fix the issue during whatever the warranty period is. If that doesn't happen, you, the customer, can simply invoice your money back.
It doesn't seem like this would turn out well for Tesla.
I mean, I have done stuff like this before - not on a scale of a car, but pretty expensive electronics. The company in question (Samsung) pretty quickly decided to play ball. It gets difficult to prove after six month if the issue is a defect. But if a thing is simply missing or doesn't work as advertised, then the chances for the company to wiggle out of it are rather slim.
- dalbasal 5y agoNot sure that the EU & US are all that different, in this regard. The article doesn't do a very good job of explaining how/what was promised or advertised. You need to deliver what you sell everywhere. Also, EU regulation is quite friendly to the auto-industry. There is a pretty tight coupling, for instance, between environmental tax rates and the models produced by EU manufacturers. This targets both international models and older models, increasing sales of new EU models. One of the reasons VW's diesel scandal was so infuriating.
- antpls 5y agoTesla's Autonomous driving ads are banned in Germany since about a year now : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-germany-idUSKCN24F1T5 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-germany-i...