Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range, class action says

Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by dragontamer on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:27PM (#36992203)

To be fair, "lying" isn't a legal term.

"Fraud" is a legal term, and "intentionally misleading people" is the very definition of Fraud. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraud

In fact, it seems like Fraud is still Fraud at the reckless or negligent levels. No intent needed (though I'm sure proving it at the "intent" level will get them more of a case).

So... is this Fraud? Well, yes. It would be. But the next step is for these plaintiffs to prove the fraud in court. It seems like they have a strong argument though.

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Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by brandonagr2 on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:48PM (#36992458)

There is no fraud or misleading people. The EPA test cycle is an official test, you can run the test and get the same results yourself. It's not fraud that some dumb consumers don't understand what an EPA range estimate means

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Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by user_named on Friday August 04, 2023 @05:55AM (#36997719)

It's fraud. There's already internal leaks documenting Teslas fraud perpetrated on the insistence of Elon.

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Re:Tesla committed fraud by “grossly” exaggerating EV range,... by isityouyesitsme on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:29PM (#37018063)

I didn't know that VW owned Tesla!

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