We went digging to see if that widely shared class-action lawsuit accusing Tesla of odometer fraud had any real-world backing. Honestly, we expected it to be overblown. Odometer lawsuits aren’t exactly everyday news, the last one I can remember was a branding disaster for Ferrari. To our surprise, Tesla drivers have been publicly posting about […]
A Tesla influencer randomly caught his odometer double-counting mileage on video. Wild.
I semi-seriously said in an earlier post that I’d be willing to bet Tesla uses GPS to measure mileage instead of any mechanical means. Now I’m not sure that was a joke and am curious how they actually do so. I’ve been under the impression that the odometer reading has to be measured by a mechanical device. I guess I need to look back into current regulations.
I semi-seriously said in an earlier post that I’d be willing to bet Tesla uses GPS to measure mileage instead of any mechanical means. Now I’m not sure that was a joke and am curious how they actually do so. I’ve been under the impression that the odometer reading has to be measured by a mechanical device. I guess I need to look back into current regulations.
Historically they used either a mechanical counter that plugged into the transmission or (more recently) a wheel speed sensor(s).
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Well I’ll be damned.
I understood the Ghyste of what they were saying. Maybe that’s because I write like a cave trog, tho