After receiving flak from consumers who claimed their purchased cars did not performed as advertised, electric car giant Tesla Motors Inc. has reportedly come to an out-of-court settlement with 126 Norwegian consumers who were unsatisfied with the cars they bought.
According to Reuters, Tesla Motors Inc. lawyer Kaspar Nygaard Thommessen of Oslo-based law firm Wikborg Rein told the Oslo District Court that they wanted to withdraw the case which was due starting last Monday, saying that the company and other involved parties have already reached an agreement and the case has already been resolved.
Dagens Naeringsliv, a Norwegian business newspaper, reported last Sunday that Tesla agreed to pay $7700 to each of the 126 unsatisfied consumers, which is only half of what the consumers demanded. Other than that, the company is willing to provide another option like car upgrades.
Despite reaching a settlement, the tech giant said that it did not mislead buyers after consumers claimed that Tesla's Model S P85D ran in a lower horsepower that was advertised by the company.
According to Car and Driver, Tesla claimed that the Model S P85D can reach 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, 1.4 seconds faster from the P85 it replaced, but it looks like the car did not perform as marketed in Norway. The Model S P85D is no longer available in the country.
The P85D had a base price of $105,670 while other Tesla models range from $95,000 to $135,000.
In other news, Tesla chief executive office Elon Musk said that he is going to take action for people for park their cars in Supercharger stations who are preventing other Tesla electric cars which are in need for charging. Consumers will not get free unlimited charging for new purchases, and this decision might help decrease people from crowding and parking in Supercharger stations even if they are not charging.