Tesla underneath scrutiny by feds for battery, software program points

The federal company that oversees car recollects is directing electrical automaker Tesla to supply details about battery fires in its Model S and Model X automobiles and provides particulars on a software program replace that shortened the driving vary for some customers’ automobiles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a letter to Tesla’s lawyer dated Oct. 24, is giving the corporate till Nov. 28 to supply the data or face fines of as a lot as $22,329 per day or as much as $111 million complete. NHTSA despatched the letter after receiving a petition from client lawyer Edward C. Chen of Irvine, California, who can also be pushing for a class-action lawsuit on behalf