Tesla is sued over claims that Cybertruck doors are trapping passengers: TDS
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🧑⚖️ Tesla is facing a lawsuit concerning the design of the Cybertruck's doors, following what Bloomberg describes as “a series of incidents” where individuals became trapped inside the vehicle after a power loss, resulting in some cases in injury or death. The lawsuit was submitted on Thursday in a California state court by the family of a college student who perished in a Cybertruck accident last November in Piedmont.
🔌 In other updates regarding Tesla, the company's product sales have risen by 7.4% in the third quarter compared to the previous year. Nonetheless, the market appears skeptical about the sustainability of this trend, especially after the federal tax credit disappearance, leading to a 3.6% drop in shares, as reported by Bloomberg.
🫰 According to data from Experian, shared by Automotive News, more than one in six car buyers are financing vehicles with monthly payments of $1,000. This shift can be traced back to the supply shortage between 2021 and 2022, when the percentage of buyers with payments over $1,000 surged from 6.7% to 15.5%.
🗓️ If you’re curious about when Jaguar Land Rover will resume production after a severe cyberattack, it seems they are uncertain as well. A spokesperson told Autocar on Friday that operations would restart “in the coming days.” Wednesday marked a month since the company's factories were halted due to the attack.
🔥 Nissan has announced a recall of 19,000 Leaf EVs in the U.S. due to a fire risk associated with fast charging, as stated by the NHTSA on Friday, according to Reuters.
🇬🇧 British startup Encor has introduced a restomod of the Lotus Esprit inspired by the Series 1 models, though they will be using Series 4 donors from the '90s due to their incorporation of V8s. The starting price will be $580,000, excluding the cost of acquiring your own Esprit for the project, as reported by Hagerty.
📱 A Xiaomi SU7 owner in China alleges that their vehicle autonomously drove away while parked and with no one in the driver's seat, according to CarNewsChina. It was mentioned that an Apple device sent a remote parking command to the car; however, the owner insists their phone was not in use at the time and provided video evidence to support this claim.
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Tesla is sued over claims that Cybertruck doors are trapping passengers: TDS
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