In recent weeks, the electric vehicle manufacturer everyone loves to bandwagon has come under scrutiny. Again. Yes, that would be Tesla.
When the company isn’t ringing the not-so-physical cash register by racking up deposits on a concept car, the California-based EV producer is taking gasoline and pouring it on journalist’s heads who question the legitimacy of their product. One such example happened last week after a story was written by The Daily Kanban’s Ed Niedermeyer.
The 30,000-foot perspective is that there’s been a customer report of a suspension that wore prematurely. When the Tesla service center said that it would pay half of the cost of the $3,000+ repair it made the owner sign a Goodwill Agreement that had suspect language in it.
When Niedermeyer made this issue known, Tesla took issue with it and issued a press release that speculated Niedermeyer was purposely writing negative news to take advantage of a TSLA’s equity price swings. Never mind that a significant portion of the equity market is betting against Tesla.
So, here’s the funny thing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the contract’s wording was “troublesome,” and Tesla has modified the wording. Isn’t that just a little interesting?
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