A Scottish couple has been confronted with a £17,374 (A$33,370) bill after their Tesla Model Y wouldn't start after a night out.

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  • Toes♀English
    21•1 year ago

    The number keeps going up every time I see someone post about it lol

    • @SnapZingerEnglish
      14•1 year ago

      This article had more info than the last one I saw floating through the feed (The article I saw had been “enhanced” by AI writing and you could tell).

      In this article “A couple from Edinburgh was shocked after receiving a £17,374 (A$33,370) bill”

      The last article floating through the feed didn’t really cover any real ponts about what happened and seemed to be targeting Elon in a negative scope.

      This article had information about the issue they faced when attempting to leave and waiting 5~ hours for Tesla RSA. Then calling Tesla and talking to a manager that that was covering Tesla’s ass with warranty talk.

    • ANGRY_MAPLEEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Were the currencies the same? In CAD it would read like something similar to $28,961.42.

      • Toes♀English
        5•1 year ago

        All the posts keep using the $ symbol. But I bet that’s exactly what’s going wrong.

        • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Earlier it was listed at 17k Euro which is only $18k USD or $28k AUD. Somehow it does keep rising.

          • @shunir@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            From the article.

            A Scottish couple has been confronted with a £17,374 (A$33,370) bill after their Tesla Model Y wouldn’t start after a night out.

            • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              Them exchange rates be crazy. I wonder if it really fluctuated $5k between the time of the article and when I looked it up yesterday.