In May 2019, Tesla was facing negative publicity after one of its Model S vehicles caught fire in Hong Kong. Tesla issued a statement at the time, saying: Out of an abundance of caution, we are revising charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles via an over-the-air software update that will begin rolling out today, to help further protect the battery and improve battery longevity.
A Model S owner who had been carefully tracking his battery s performance over time, David Rasmussen, complained to the court in August 2019 after that software update.
By October 2019, Tesla and the owners moved to try to reach a settlement agreement and attorneys stayed the litigation. Tesla rolled out another software update in March 2020 to restore impacted owners batteries to their maximum voltage over time as they drove their Teslas.
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