It's not a great time to be an attorney for Tesla. In recent months, the floundering electric vehicle company has been bombarded with dozens of lawsuits, like the California class-action that alleges Tesla's manipulated odometers to get out of warranties, or the Australian class-action that alleges the company misled consumers with claims about its "full self driving" software. But for all the legal woes, the company is giving just as good as it gets. Following a recent freeze in Canadian EV tax
  • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
    26·
    8 days ago

    Most of those claims came from just four dealers, with a single Tesla showroom in Quebec City claiming it had sold some 4,000 eligible vehicles over a single weekend. Altogether, Tesla filed over 8,600 claims in 72 hours, at a cost of C$43 million (US$30.9 million), or about 60 percent of the remaining iZEV budget.

    A little fudging? Really? I know you wear many hats, I guess so you can always have one in hand, huh

  • Villon@lemm.ee
    14·
    8 days ago

    In the US at least, EV credits (not car sales) are how Tesla is making money. It’s no wonder that they are using the same playbook in Canada.