Tesla convicted 18 times for failing to help UK police with investigations

Posted by rbanffy 1 day ago

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Comment by direwolf20 1 day ago

Summary: It's about vehicles owned by Tesla themselves, which committed traffic violations, and Tesla refuses to identify who was driving.

Comment by rustyhancock 1 day ago

The article says that Tesla claims they submitted responses.

It maybe that if response isn't received then a crime has been committed by the leasehold company no matter if it was sent.

Given the size of the lease system for Tesla's in the UK.

18 fines might simply be the cost of doing business versus sending every response tracked or even guaranteed.

If it were electronic responses I'd be less generous with Tesla, but the article even claims Tesla was not able to plead guilty using the portal and had to email.

So long as Tesla takes steps to be better at responding to the requests it may be more fluff that meaningful news.

Comment by viraptor 1 day ago

> Given the size of the lease system for Tesla's in the UK.

Given the size they have a legal department which can deal with things like that. Once you get fined for failing to cooperate, you should figure out what happened. At 18 cases, they're willingly covering for people who could (or should) lose their driving licence otherwise.

Comment by jdsnape 1 day ago

Owned by Tesla but leased to the public. In the UK it’s common to lease a new car rather than purchasing it, and often the car manufacturer has a financial services arm that manages the lease.

Comment by DangitBobby 1 day ago

Their "letters went unanswered" according to the heading, which is more of a "fails to identify" than a "refuses to identify".

Comment by Stevvo 1 day ago

Earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733009 [102 comments]