Tesla to Appeal Order to Compensate Buyer for Damage Cover-Up

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Anniek Bao / Dec 08, 2020 06:14 PM / Business & Tech

Tesla Inc. plans to appeal a court order to compensate the buyer of a second-hand sedan after it was ruled the electric-car maker had covered up damage the vehicle sustained in an accident.

Beijing Daxing District People’s Court ordered Tesla on Friday to pay 1.14 million yuan ($174,509) — three times the price paid for the used vehicle — to compensate the buyer after it was found that parts of the vehicle had been welded together after sustaining damage.

The carmaker did admit in documents submitted to the court that the vehicle had been dented in an accident in January 2019, and part of its exterior had been cut and welded.

However the company said that the vehicle didn’t sustain structural damage and that such repair methods were commonly used in the automobile industry globally.

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