Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (www.reuters.com)

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About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service appointments.

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[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

The right likes rockets when they're used for military and also to provide dominance in space. The major space industry states are Florida, Texas and Alabama. What they don't like is when we use space to do climate science

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Florida is literally only part of the industry because of their geographic location. It's easier and safer to launch eastward over a huge ocean with the Earth's rotation.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

And the closer to the equator the better because angular momentum

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