Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon laundering

Re:Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon lau... by ballenf on Monday July 13, 2020 @11:35AM (#23821861)

I really don't understand the logic here. If EVs are so easily repaired, wouldn't that mean that no EV customer or maker would ever be concerned with the concept of a lemon car? No manufacturer would need to do any dancing around the law -- no NDAs, no "goodwill" repairs of warrantied defects, etc.

Personally, I think lemon laws are overall very good for car manufacturers: they give people a sense of comfort regarding the worst-case scenario in purchasing a new car. And that's especially important for cars based on new technologies. But I'd love to see whether there's any empirical support for this.

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Re:Tesla may call warranty repairs goodwill due to lemon lau... by hellisothers on Monday July 13, 2020 @11:47AM (#23822016)

Agreed, and it may be that swapping out a battery or engine is easy but I don’t want my brand new car in the shop 3-4x a year because my car just stopped working at the grocery store. Especially when wait times for servicing can be protracted. It doesn’t matter if the car runs on hopes and dreams, it needs to be reliable.

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