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Tesla once sent a legal threat to a Swedish car repair company called "Grufman Bil AB" to take down a Youtube video that they had posted that showed them smashing a car component that was supposed to hold up a wheel, with a big hammer, showing how that component was made of metal that was a lot weaker than one could reasonably expect. Grufman Bil said in the video something like "Fix your shit, Tesla" at the end of that very short video. Grufman Bil decided to quickly take down that video and when someone asked them why, Grufman Bil said "because it's not worth getting sued over". This means that Tesla is threatening to sue people who show important car defects and post video proof of it on Youtube. Someone who remembers this incident in greater detail and can give sources and proof etc, should modify this paragraph I've written so it's much more clear and trustworthy etc. Someone who has the skills of being a reporter should ask Grufman Bil AB about this and try to find the original Youtube video as evidence of my claim etc. I understand that the legal fight would not be worth it to a small car repair company but it's important to the overall society to be aware of that Tesla does things like this. Tesla's argument for why Grufman Bil must take down that video was that "It hurts Tesla as a company financially if people can see that video" IIRC. But the counter argument would be that a car part that uses too weak metal is a danger to Tesla car owners and that they can be hurt physically if such weaknesses are hidden by Tesla. The morally right thing IMHO would be that the interests of car owners would weigh heavier than the profits of Tesla at least in this particular case. So someone please improve this paragraph because I think it's important that big companies should not get away with bullying smaller companies like this, and succeeding in hiding important weaknesses in their cars from their buyers.

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Revision as of 04:58, 15 January 2025 edit 194.32.120.107 (talk) Added a paragraph about how Tesla once bullied a small car repair company to take down a Youtube video that showed how they smashed a car component that was made of metal that was much weaker than it should reasonably have been. Please improve that paragraph with actual research, reliable sources and all the obviously needed stuff. Tag: Visual edit ← Older edit		Revision as of 06:23, 15 January 2025 edit undo DFP (talk \| contribs) 27 edits m Added the page to the 'Companies' category Newer edit →
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	Tesla once sent a legal threat to a Swedish car repair company called "Grufman Bil AB" to take down a Youtube video that they had posted that showed them smashing a car component that was supposed to hold up a wheel, with a big hammer, showing how that component was made of metal that was a lot weaker than one could reasonably expect. Grufman Bil said in the video something like "Fix your shit, Tesla" at the end of that very short video. Grufman Bil decided to quickly take down that video and when someone asked them why, Grufman Bil said "because it's not worth getting sued over". This means that Tesla is threatening to sue people who show important car defects and post video proof of it on Youtube. Someone who remembers this incident in greater detail and can give sources and proof etc, should modify this paragraph I've written so it's much more clear and trustworthy etc. Someone who has the skills of being a reporter should ask Grufman Bil AB about this and try to find the original Youtube video as evidence of my claim etc. I understand that the legal fight would not be worth it to a small car repair company but it's important to the overall society to be aware of that Tesla does things like this. Tesla's argument for why Grufman Bil must take down that video was that "It hurts Tesla as a company financially if people can see that video" IIRC. But the counter argument would be that a car part that uses too weak metal is a danger to Tesla car owners and that they can be hurt physically if such weaknesses are hidden by Tesla. The morally right thing IMHO would be that the interests of car owners would weigh heavier than the profits of Tesla at least in this particular case. So someone please improve this paragraph because I think it's important that big companies should not get away with bullying smaller companies like this, and succeeding in hiding important weaknesses in their cars from their buyers.		Tesla once sent a legal threat to a Swedish car repair company called "Grufman Bil AB" to take down a Youtube video that they had posted that showed them smashing a car component that was supposed to hold up a wheel, with a big hammer, showing how that component was made of metal that was a lot weaker than one could reasonably expect. Grufman Bil said in the video something like "Fix your shit, Tesla" at the end of that very short video. Grufman Bil decided to quickly take down that video and when someone asked them why, Grufman Bil said "because it's not worth getting sued over". This means that Tesla is threatening to sue people who show important car defects and post video proof of it on Youtube. Someone who remembers this incident in greater detail and can give sources and proof etc, should modify this paragraph I've written so it's much more clear and trustworthy etc. Someone who has the skills of being a reporter should ask Grufman Bil AB about this and try to find the original Youtube video as evidence of my claim etc. I understand that the legal fight would not be worth it to a small car repair company but it's important to the overall society to be aware of that Tesla does things like this. Tesla's argument for why Grufman Bil must take down that video was that "It hurts Tesla as a company financially if people can see that video" IIRC. But the counter argument would be that a car part that uses too weak metal is a danger to Tesla car owners and that they can be hurt physically if such weaknesses are hidden by Tesla. The morally right thing IMHO would be that the interests of car owners would weigh heavier than the profits of Tesla at least in this particular case. So someone please improve this paragraph because I think it's important that big companies should not get away with bullying smaller companies like this, and succeeding in hiding important weaknesses in their cars from their buyers.

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