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Judge Orders Tesla to Buy Back Model S Plaid Over Track Braking Failure
The 1,020-horsepower EV's owner claims its brakes failed after one turn at a track day, leading a court to rule that Tesla's advertising of the car was misleading.
A TeslaModel S Plaid owner took the electric automaker to court and won after his EV cooked its brakes on the first turn of a track day. The club’s technical committee prepared a statement regarding his EV’s failure and provided witness accounts as well as independent testing to prove the Model S Plaid didn’t work as advertised. The district court agreed that Tesla advertised the Model S Plaid as being track capable, even showing it on a race circuit in several videos while claiming it can “continuously lap the track without performance degradation.” Tesla supposedly argued that Dybwad could have optioned his car with carbon ceramic brakes, which perform far better in high-heat situations, though those weren’t offered until 10 months after he purchased it.
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