Transport Canada has concluded its investigation into Tesla’s $43.2 million in rebate claims under the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program, finding no evidence of fraud. The probe, launched after Tesla filed 8,653 claims over […]

There was so much hate on Tesla for this saying it was all fraud, while Tesla was adamant it was just backlogged paper work.

Hopefully those who prejudged and were harsh to the company online about this incident, can come to see that not everything you read online is true, and that maybe, just maybe, you should actually wait for the final results before condemning a company for something like this, and stating it as fact.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    20 hours ago

    I won’t hold my breath for the apologies for asshole comments when I said this at the time of the news.

    I despise Musk as much or more than the next guy, but irrationally losing your shit over something that was obviously a paperwork glut at a deadline and then shitting on anyone that said as much is juvenile as fuck.

    Hate Elon, hate Tesla, but use your bloody head.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      17 hours ago

      Juvenile is probably going to easy on them. It’s toxic and not how a community like this should behave, and participating in things like that leads to further toxic participation.