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Tesla Apologizes to the Country with the Largest Number of Electric Vehicles
Which country is the world's largest electric vehicle country? Some people may say it is the United States, but you are wrong. The world's largest country of electric cars is Norway from Europe! Faced with the strength of Norway, a big country of electric cars, even Tesla had to apologize for its mistakes and was fined and compensated 126 car owners nearly one million US dollars. But Norway’s stringent requirements for electric vehicles deserve our admiration!Why would the arrogant Tesla pay one million US dollars in compensation to Norway? What is going on? Let the editor tell you.
In September this year, 126 owners in Norway who had purchased the Tesla Model S P85D took Tesla Motors to court. These car owners claimed that Tesla’s electric vehicles were falsely advertised and demanded compensation. So what is the specific reason? As the P85D model launched by Tesla in 2014, the acceleration option called "Crazy Mode" is sold by the company as a major selling point. According to official propaganda, in this mode, the vehicle can reach 691 horsepower and accelerate to 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) in 3.5 seconds.
However, Norwegian car owners said that in actual driving, the Tesla Model S P85D electric car they purchased could not meet the advertised power and speed standards. The editor learned that when Tesla released the four-wheel drive, dual-motor P85D, the value was obtained by directly adding the data of the front and rear motors. For example, the Model SP85D front motor output is 224 horsepower, and the rear motor output is 224 horsepower. The motor output is 467 horsepower, so adding the two together gives the advertised 691 horsepower. This caused these Norwegian car owners to misunderstand that the maximum horsepower of the car was 691 horsepower, not the total horsepower claimed by Tesla.
In June this year, the Norwegian Consumer Disputes Commission ruled that Tesla should compensate each Model S P85D owner 50,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately US$6,000). However, Tesla did not want to give in and rejected the compensation request, saying that it was tested in accordance with the testing methods required by relevant European departments and the car met the relevant requirements.
Until December 12 this year, the case was transferred to the Oslo court by the Consumer Disputes Commission. This time the Norwegian car owners increased the amount of compensation, demanding that Tesla should compensate each car owner up to 129,700 Norwegian kroner, because this amount happened to be Regarding the “price difference” between the Model S 85D (excluding the “crazy mode” version) and the P85D, car owners said that if Tesla’s propaganda is accurate, they can completely abandon the higher-priced P85D and buy the regular version of the 85D instead.
In the end, 126 Tesla owners in Norway won the final victory. Tesla Motors reached an out-of-court settlement with 126 Norwegian car owners, agreeing to compensate each owner 65,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately $7,700). Since at least 126 car owners are involved, Tesla’s total compensation will exceed $970,000. . In addition to cash, Norwegian car owners can also choose other packages, including "battery upgrade packages", new wheels or Tesla store points.
The editor feels that if Tesla had previously promised these car owners a first compensation of US$6,000, the compensation would have been only US$756,000, but now it has compensated at least US$970,000. It seems that Tesla is really not short of money.
In addition, Norway is also one of the largest markets for Tesla Model S. According to statistics, more than 1,200 car owners in the country have purchased Tesla Model S P85D. The car owners who were compensated this time accounted for 10.5% of the total car owners. Perhaps, the next 1,000 or so Tesla owners will soon start the second round of claims.
Why do Norwegian car owners dare to embarrass Tesla like this? According to the editor's understanding, Norway is a country with a very high usage rate of electric vehicles in the world. It is a global leader in electric vehicles. Previously, the country announced that it would have more than 100,000 all-electric vehicles on the road every day - a feat only achieved by a handful of countries, which would reduce CO2 emissions by 200,000 tons. Don't forget that Norway's population is only 5.2 million people. Therefore, it is obviously not an exaggeration to make Norway the world's number one country in electric vehicles.
More importantly, unlike the way other countries develop hybrid and fully electric vehicles, Norway's vigorous promotion of all-electric vehicles to achieve zero-emission environmental standards is that there is almost no hybrid on the road. The cars are all pure electric cars! This surprised the editor.
It is understood that the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association has more than 40,000 members, making it the largest related association in the world. This shows that Kaifa has not only achieved a leading position in the electric vehicle field, but also has been a team player in the electric vehicle action.
Previously, the country's Electric Vehicle Association organized an event to celebrate the milestone - among all all-electric models sold in Norway, the most popular is Volkswagen's e-Golf, followed by Nissan's LEAF, Tesla The Model S ranked third, followed by the BMW i3 electric car.
Why are electric cars in Norway so popular and popular with the public? The editor learned that the Norwegian government provides numerous incentives for electric cars. For example, the purchase of electric vehicles is exempted from 25% value-added tax. Although it was previously stipulated that this preferential policy will be canceled after the country’s electric vehicles reach 100,000 vehicles, the country has passed a plan to exempt the purchase of electric vehicles. The preferential VAT policy will be extended to 2020!
Christina Bu, secretary-general of the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association, believes that incentives need to be maintained in order to maintain momentum for newer vehicles and meet the government's goals:
“Norwegian politicians need to focus closely on the secret to our continued success. This means providing substantial benefits to buyers of zero-emission cars.”
By 2025, Norway also has a great plan - 100% of new car sales will be zero-emission vehicles. Currently, as of September 2016, 28.8% of new cars sold nationwide are plug-in electric vehicles, and the market share of all-electric vehicles is 19.0%, which is much higher than that of any other country, but is far from 100% zero-emission vehicles. Sales targets are still far off. Seeing this, the editor believes that Norway's development goals in the field of electric vehicles can be called a global representative, and it seems that it should be the development trend of electric vehicles in the world.
Therefore, government incentives require large amounts of electric vehicle production and sales. For example, Tesla's Model 3, which will be launched at the end of 2017, will effectively promote the ownership of electric vehicles in the Norwegian market.
In addition to the ambitious goal of 2025, Norway has also set a small goal for itself-to achieve sales of 400,000 all-electric vehicles in 2020. Butt believes that this is a goal they must achieve so that the country can stay on track in the process of achieving its ambitious goals.
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