A Former Employee Claims Tesla Knowingly Sold Defective Cars
A former Tesla employee has filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker, accusing it of knowingly selling defective or even dangerous cars.
According to papers filed with the New Jersey Superior Court, ex-Tesla regional manager Adam Williams says he saw first-hand that the company failed “to disclose to consumers high-dollar, pre-delivery damage repairs” and that cars with potentially serious issues were simply used as demonstrators or even sold as ‘used.’ One shocking example was uploaded to the Tesla Motors Club forum.
Williams also claims that he was demoted and ultimately fired after he reported the alleged shady goings-on to the Tesla East Coast regional manager Lenny Peake and company vice president Jerome Guillen.
The lawsuit alleges a whole bundle of illegal practices and Williams’ lawyer is reportedly asking for him to be protected by America’s ‘whistleblower act’ that covers employees who report such things.
Naturally, Tesla denies the claims. A spokesman told The Verge:
“There’s no merit to this lawsuit. Mr. Williams’ description of how Tesla sells used or loaner vehicles is totally false and not how we do things at Tesla.
“It’s also at odds with the fact that we rank highest in customer satisfaction of any car brand, with more owners saying they’d buy a Tesla again than any other manufacturer.
“Mr. Williams was terminated at Tesla for performance reasons, not for any other reason.”
Production quality issues are not a new thing for Tesla, with the Model 3 coming in for stinging criticism over its build quality, not to mention perpetual delivery delays.
Source: CarScoops
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Well no wonder he is an ex employee now.
Ahh, Tesla build quality!
Everytime I see my rap teacher who drives a P100D I ask him : So what’s broken now? He answers every time 😂😂😂
Just replace the word Tesla with Kia and imagine you’re reading this in early 2000’s
My Kia Sorento never had a fail. 50000miles and counting
Kias did not cost in excess of £100k and to this day they barely exceed £40-£50k
Is it okay if I imagine Tesla as Chevy except their ads are damn successful and annoying?
Worse than Ford’s head gasket cylinder problems?
Yes. The Ford head gasket problem was a production mistake. Not really excuseable at this price, but still better than deliberately selling a defective vehicle.
Well Ford didn’t know about the gasket problem when the cars were sold and Tesla KNEW that cars had problems and still SOLD them…
“we rank highest in customer satisfaction of any car brand, with more owners saying they’d buy a Tesla again than any other manufacturer” - yeah because people who buy Teslas are a tiny bit different from others… Why a Tesla? You are either a non car guy, a car guy but Tesla fan, an “electric cars are clean” guy or something like an “electric torque bruh” guy
Or a “I bought a Tesla because it’s trendy” guy. That’s oversimplification but you get the point
That’s because Tesla is in its own market segment right now. I guarantee that once luxury rivals emerge like the Porsche Mission E and Jaguar I-Pace/electric XJ, that rating will plummet.
kinda true. Tesla owners are very different people from us petrol head
Or a “I’m rich bish” person
You forgotten about that one person:
The “#Livinginthefuture” individual
Well that’s a cheeky move by Tesla. Shame on you Elon Muck!
People need to get over the fact Tesla, are hampered with production problems, every company in the past have has issues with production it’s just different today for Tesla as there is more ways for the public to here and realise this such as social media, and I think quality is a much bigger factor today as companies have realised they can’t sell horribly cheap or unreliable vehicles to people as they simply won’t buy them and have more problems in the future.
What does this have to do with the possibility of poor business practices though?
“Mr. Williams’ description of how Tesla sells uses or loaner vehicles is totally false and not how we do things at Tesla.”
That’s what happens when a company is very desperate to stay afloat they will try and squeeze as much profit as possible
Ol’ Musky tryna pull a fast one.
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