Tesla class action alleges automaker falsely advertises 3 years of free supercharging

 

 

 

Overview of the class action case for Tesla supercharging:

 

• Who: Sean Cohen sued Tesla Inc. in a collective action.

• The reason: According to Cohen, Tesla misrepresented to customers who bought a Model S or Model X vehicle between April and June 2023 that they would receive three years of limitless free supercharging.

 

• Where: A federal court in California has been assigned to hear the class action complaint.

 

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A new class action complaint claims that Tesla misrepresented its three-year supercharging guarantee to customers who bought Model S and Model X vehicles between April and June 2023.

 

Despite reportedly intending to give Model S and Model X purchasers free supercharging, plaintiff Sean Cohen alleges Tesla did not truly mean to do so.

Advertising that it would lead to buyers being duped into overpaying for the cars.

According to Cohen, Tesla successfully operated an internet marketing ploy that included fraudulently promoting limitless free supercharging for consumers who bought Model S and Model X automobiles between April 20 and June 30.

"Plaintiff would not have purchased a unit of the products, or would have paid a substantially lower price, if he had known that the advertising as described herein was false, misleading, and deceptive," the Tesla class action claims.

Cohen seeks to represent a class of Californian customers who bought a Tesla Model S or Model X for their own use after May 17, 2019.

Tesla is aware that supercharging prices are important to car customers.

It was implied in the advertising that purchasers would be misled into overpaying for the vehicles.

Cohen claims that Tesla effectively ran an online marketing scheme that includes falsely advertising infinite free supercharging for customers who purchased Model S and Model X cars between April 20 and June 30.

The Tesla class action lawsuit asserts that if the plaintiff had understood the advertising as stated below was false, misleading, and deceptive, he would not have bought a unit of the items or would have paid a significantly lower price.

A class of Californian consumers who purchased a Tesla Model S or Model X for their personal use after May 17, 2019, are the ones whom Cohen is attempting to represent.

Tesla is aware that supercharging costs matter to customers who buy cars.