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Maybe the $ 40k repair bills never existed in the first place...

• teamonkey 15y ago
  Probably. The assumption was that the battery pack was destroyed and needed to be fully replaced, a new pack costing an estimated $40k. The original article didn't say how much it actually cost the 5 owners to repair their cars.
• crusso 15y ago
  Then why didn't this Tesla representative say so? Why didn't he say, "We have followed up with the source(s) of this story and been unable to find any instance of a need to replace all the battery cells in a so-called 'bricked' Tesla. All instances only required a charge and reboot with service costs never exceeding $2k." ... or something like that? I like the trashing of a bad rumor against technology as much as the next geek, but this Tesla response was spin and speculation thrown against more substantial-sounding reports of a problem. It was weak and since the strong alternatives are easily imaginable, it was likely weak for a reason -- ie, the reports of $40k bills were relatively accurate.
• jimbobimbo 15y ago
  It was never disputed by Tesla's PR + leaked emails point out the same number: http://jalopnik.com/5887504/tesla-emails-gallery/gallery/1 http://jalopnik.com/5887504/tesla-emails-gallery/gallery/1