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minus-squareclashorcrashman@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·4 days agoWhat in the actual hell is a “Predictive” odometer?
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·4 days ago“Whenever you want to scam people as a company, just invent some fancy words that sound like innovation” odometer
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoIt predicts that Tesla could save money by padding the numbers, and does a little fraud automagically
minus-squareDiurnambule@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·4 days agoIt predict when the Tesla is going to fauk and void the guarantee ?
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago“You should have driven this much after owning the car this long, so we’re going to put that in the odometer.” Was my guess. Probably to void warranties, make cars come back sooner for preventative maintenance, and come back sooner for leases.
What in the actual hell is a “Predictive” odometer?
“Whenever you want to scam people as a company, just invent some fancy words that sound like innovation” odometer
It predicts that Tesla could save money by padding the numbers, and does a little fraud automagically
It predict when the Tesla is going to fauk and void the guarantee ?
“You should have driven this much after owning the car this long, so we’re going to put that in the odometer.”
Was my guess.
Probably to void warranties, make cars come back sooner for preventative maintenance, and come back sooner for leases.