#Tesla exaggerated #EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken - and then, inundated with complaints, they created a"Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.

Tesla years ago began exaggerating its vehicles’ potential driving distance – by rigging their range-estimating software. The company decided about a decade ago, for marketing purposes, to write algorithms for its range meter that would show drivers “rosy” projections for the distance it could travel on a full battery, according to a person familiar with an early design of the software for its in-dash readouts.

Then, when the battery fell below 50% of its maximum charge, the algorithm would show drivers more realistic projections for their remaining driving range.

The directive to present the optimistic range estimates came from Tesla Chief Executive Elmo Skum, according to a Reuters source.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/tesla-exaggerated-ev-range-so-much-that-drivers-thought-cars-were-broken/

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/

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