- Elon Musk tweeted about Tesla’s recent settlement related to battery capacity.
- Tesla agreed to pay 1.5 million U.S. dollars (22 million rand) to settle its claim for reducing battery capacity to 1,743 cars in 2019.
- “If we are wrong, we are wrong,” Musk said on Friday. “In this case, we are.”
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the electric car manufacturer was wrong to reduce the maximum charging capacity of certain vehicles.
“If we are wrong, we are wrong,” he said Twitter on Friday. “In this case, we are.”
Tesla agree and support According to the settlement agreement filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Wednesday, 1.5 million U.S. dollars (22 million rand) will be used to settle a claim for reducing the charging capacity of some vehicles in 2019.
The agreement includes a payment of US$625 (R9,100) to owners of 1,743 Model S vehicles whose maximum charging capacity has been temporarily reduced.
In another tweet on Friday, Musk further elaborated on his company’s views on litigation and other claims.
“Tesla’s policy is never to succumb to false claims, even if we will fail, we will never fight true claims, even if we will win,” he said.
The settlement agreement will end David Rasmussen’s class action lawsuit filed in August 2019, who stated that the software update reduced the range and charging speed of his Model S.
The lawsuit alleges that the company issued an update in May 2019 that restricted the charging of certain vehicles’ batteries by approximately 10%. The lawsuit alleges that after a three-month reduction of 10%, it fell to 7% within seven months. Court documents stated that the May 2020 software update restored most of the charging capacity.
According to court documents, the settlement agreement will “multiple times” provide an estimated loss of US$175 (R2,500) per vehicle.
A hearing on the settlement agreement is scheduled for December 9th with Judge Beth Labson Freeman (Beth Labson Freeman).
