Tesla has been rigging the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide 'rosy' projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a Reuters investigation revealed. 

The carmaker went on create a special 'Diversion' team in Nevada in 2022 to cancel owners’ service appointments after a deluge of complaints regarding its driving range capalities and misleading marketing claims.

Reuters cited a whistleblower who revealed that around 2012 Elon Musk directed to Tesla create an algorithm that exaggerated its vehicles’ driving distance so that its range meter that would show car drivers optimistic projections for the distance it could travel on a full battery. 

When the battery fell below 50 percent of its maximum charge, the algorithm would allegedly show drivers more realistic projections for their remaining driving range.