Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners’ service appointments, source says::To suppress the volume of complaints the automaker created a secret “Diversion Team” in Las Vegas to cancel appointments, Reuters reported.
There are also instances of the battery going even further than advertised. Is that fraud? People need to understand that to get a accurate range you have to take into account heat, cold, elevation changes, number of passengers. Gas cars don’t usually have a computer that clearly shows how far you’ve gone per gallon. And even those say “Estimated 30mpg”. Of course they have PR teams to try to highlight the best of the car.