Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall'

Re:Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall' by jmathai on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @12:52PM (#7058488)

In the eyes of the consumer it feels much less obtrusive.

Hearing that 30,000 Model S owners have to take their car back to the shop to get a problem fixed feels much worse than receiving a part in the mail.

The latter makes me feel like it's a simple fix since I don't have to have a mechanic do it and that it must not be that serious if they trust me to do it myself.

Semantics aside, as far as PR goes there's a huge difference.

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Re:Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall' by bostonpete on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @12:53PM (#7058497)

The NHTSA considers it a recall. This "not a recall" claim seems to just be PR spin by Tesla:

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM4...

Also, Tesla calls it "a voluntary recall" in this document (at the end of the Chronology of Principal Events):

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM4...

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Re:Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall' by hosh on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @01:15PM (#7058648)

If TSLA stocks fall because of this, it's probably a great time to buy.

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Re:Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall' by gfosco on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @01:21PM (#7058685)

Agreed... but strangely enough, it's shot up more than 10% and made me smile. When it corrects, it will be time to buy again.

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Re:Tesla gains on strong sales; government issues 'recall' by hosh on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @05:21PM (#7060216)

Yeah. I had checked after seeing the article. So much for picking something up at a discount.

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