Tesla faces a huge fine in Norway for throttling battery charging speeds
Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images Tesla has been ordered to pay 136,000 kroner ($16,000) each to thousands of customers in Norway for slowing down charging speeds, according to Nettavisen via Electrek.
A 2019 software update was found to have affected the battery life in Tesla Model S vehicles manufactured between 2013 and 2015, sparking a complaint by dozens of Norwegian Tesla owners to the country's conciliation council, according to Nettavisen. As a result, customers were reporting diminished range and slower charging speeds at the company's Supercharger network. Tesla did not file a response, and the case was decided in the plaintiffs' favor on April 29th.
Tesla is ordered to pay each customer roughly $16,000 to settle the complaint. Nettavisen notes that this...