We’re glad Tesla responded because you always want both sides of the story. Unfortunately, Reuters sent a bunch of questions to Tesla before publishing the report, and these questions were left unanswered. Tesla had every opportunity to defend itself and be part of the initial report but instead chose to lash out on Twitter after the fact.
It’s also suspicious that Tesla does not intend to drag Reuters to court. There’s a very good reason behind this. If Tesla were to sue, it would have to prove in court that it’s not guilty of all the accusations made in the Reuters report, which means granting loads of people access to sensitive data that may or may not prove Tesla’s case.
But our biggest issue is that Tesla recalled cars for the same problem in China but blamed customers in the USA.
Still, we can’t deny that Tesla hasn’t been a net positive for the automotive industry, as proven by every automaker (except Stellantis) adopting the NACS standard.