{"id":358408,"date":"2023-01-03T12:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=358408"},"modified":"2023-02-13T23:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T04:39:07","slug":"south-korea-fines-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/south-korea-fines-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea fines Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong>RAEL&#8217;S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #008080\"> [Quote selected by Rael from RT article] The driving range of the American EV maker&#8217;s cars can plunge in low temperatures, by up to about half of the advertised distance as stated by South Korea\u2019s Fair Trade Commission<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \">\n<p>The EV manufacturer will have to pay around $2.2 million for what has been labeled incorrect advertising<\/p>\n<p>The antitrust regulator of South Korea has fined Tesla $2.2 million (2.8 billion won) for overstating the driving range of its electric vehicles (EVs), which have proven shorter in cold weather.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by South Korea\u2019s Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday, the automaker falsely promoted and exaggerated the driving range and charging speed of its EVs, as well as fuel-cost savings estimates.<\/p>\n<p>According to the watchdog, the driving range of the American EV maker&#8217;s cars can plunge in low temperatures, by up to about half of the advertised distance.<\/p>\n<p>The Elon Musk-led company provides winter driving tips on its website, including pre-conditioning vehicles with external power sources and using its app to monitor energy consumption, but the loss of driving range in sub-zero temperatures is not mentioned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/569333-tesla-south-korea-false-advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rael.maitreya\/posts\/pfbid0By7mKrjHxKPLzA8gVD83CTmjQjK4j9Y1k3GjHnXmqgct9XnewSQZwLEH6Wxcq59Ml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL&#8217;S COMMENT: [Quote selected by Rael from RT article] The driving range of the American EV maker&#8217;s cars can plunge in low temperatures, by up to about half of the advertised distance as stated by South Korea\u2019s Fair Trade Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":358411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raels-comments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/bg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}