Scandal as a Tesla Model 3 in Germany foiled a major transaction for the purchase of hundreds of American electric vehicle

19 August 2019

German rental company of electric vehicles NextMove refused the purchase of a batch of 100 Tesla Model 3, due to problems with their quality

According to a press release by Bloomberg, the German firm car rental NextMove refused the deal with Tesla Inc. for the purchase of fleet of a batch of 100 units of its electric car Model 3 after the first 15 cars that have had serious problems with the build quality.
Earlier NextMove planned to become the largest customer of the brand Tesla in Germany, to buy 100 electric cars from Model 3 to include in your rental fleet, which already includes other models of the Tesla.

Among the problems already identified in the first batch delivered from the ocean of electric vehicles, proved to be a problem with condensation in the headlights, paint defects and other blemishes. NextMove also claims that Tesla tried to put her previously registered vehicle, which, she says, deprives the company of the right to a tax credit for electric vehicles provided in Germany.
According to representatives of Tesla, the problem of the VIN-codes, allegedly previously rated, was the fact that there is: "a temporary system problem with matching the VIN of the addresses [which] has been fixed and affected customers were re-registered under the new VIN codes".

The owner of the rental company NextMove Stefan Moeller in an interview with Bloomberg said that such bases from Tesla was not expecting

The owner of the rental company NextMove Stefan Moeller in an interview with Bloomberg said, "TeslaModel 3 is a fantastic car. Some of our customers love it. However, the manufacturer, does not meet the high quality requirements. And it's really sobering".

Speaking as a relatively new vehicle manufacturer, Tesla worked hard, trying to overcome problems with the build quality on all their models, but the latest Model 3 came under the most careful control because of the scandal associated with her real level of quality, what happened, in particular because of the difficulties in the exit of production at full capacity.

The statement of the press service of Tesla says: "We believe that the client's decision was not entirely due to the quality problems, but was largely caused by his frustration with the unrelated dispute, which arose in the beginning of the year. Tesla was in the process of Troubleshooting issues and provided the customer with a roadworthy vehicle at the time of cancellation. However, the customer continued to place orders for additional machines Model 3".

PS the Delicacy of the Germans in terms of quality is well-known, so to step on a rake it in Germany – the enemy would not advise! It also warned Elon musk – hold your horses: volumes, of course, volumes (they require the creditor banks and the stock exchange), but about the quality you can not forget. Europe is not America, where fans are willing to tolerate from your industry outright hack. In good-old Europe rental offices responsible to the clients for every little thing. By the way, why the big sales of the products of Detroit in the Old world never had.
However, this marketing scandal perfectly "fit" in the larger political-economic friction between the US and Germany, where the Germans accused the States of "economic hegemony" including in matters of anti-Russian sanctions, particularly manifested in the opposition to the construction of the pipeline "Nord stream 2", and in return offer their honey, and most importantly still very scarce liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipped across the Atlantic ocean by LNG tankers..