Tesla agreed to compensate for displeased drivers more than one and a half million dollars due to claims associated with a decrease in the capacity of the MODEL S electrocar battery, transfers Reuters.
After updating the software at the MODEL S owners, the battery charging speed has decreased for some time and the distance that can be accessed on one charge has decreased. In August 2019, a collective claim was served on behalf of David Rasmussen.
According to San Francisco District Court, Tesla will pay 625 dollars to users of 1743 Model S – to everyone who owned or rented a car from May 2019 to September 2020. The amount of payments on this item will be about 1.1 million dollars. Tesla stated that the amount paid is many times higher than the cost of reducing the battery voltage. Also, the company will spend to compensate for the plaintiffs the costs of lawyers – it will take 400 thousand dollars.
In early July, in Pennsylvania, Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire during traffic a few days after the purchase. As a result of the incident, no one was injured, although the car burned out the duck. Car owner had to knock down the door to escape.
In late July, another owner of Tesla ran into problems. The electric car took the moon for the yellow light signal and slowed the speed. After some time, the car understood his mistake and accelerated again.