Electric vehicles have always been at the center of the storm as they cause problems for buyers, but now it is the experts who are on the warpath with what is already being called the first.Global petrol car fraud“, which affects several brands and is already having its first effects. What will happen now? At the moment there is already talk of “consequences” that will go far beyond vehicle recalls. It is about this part of the batteries that has just been revealed, with something very unexpected that will outrage you.
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In recent months, the automotive world has learned of a pretty big car battery scamas revealed by Spanish mechanic Ángel Gaitán. Gaitán, who is well-known on all kinds of social networks, is now a prominent representative of the industry in exposing the fraud.
Auto expert and TikTok star Ángel Gaitán, a mechanic, uncovered an organized operation in which specific consumers were bombarded with car batteries that did not meet labeling requirements. The scam involves a multinational company that tried to supply Gaitán’s workshop with lithium battery cells disguised as higher-quality graphene capacitors from Dubai.
Gaitán is particularly concerned about such batteries were advertised with a service life of up to half a million charging cycles with very little loss of efficiency.
Upon closer inspection, Gaitán discovered that the batteries were actually ordinary lithium batteries made in China that had been wrapped in vinyl and systematically dismantled.
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The aim of the deception was to pass these products off as high-quality products, which would likely lead many customers and businesses to spend their hard-earned money on inferior products. Gaitán is right that experience and caution were the key to detecting the scam, because he himself checked the identity and effectiveness of the batteries.
The exposure of this fraud has several implications, mainly for the automotive market, especially electric vehicles, where battery technology is a key factor. Gaitán has announced that he will take tough measures against the guilty company, but has not yet named it. His core values of integrity and transparency are reflected in his declaration of intent to put an end to what he describes as the fraud of this multinational.
This case reveals the threats in the EV parts procurement network and shows the urgency of the completeness checkGaitán’s story is an example from which other professionals in the same sector or in industries that rely heavily on purchasing from suppliers can learn, always exercising caution and expressing doubts when the offer seems too good to be true at first glance.
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Gaitán is well-versed in the debate surrounding car batteries, having had a legal battle with Tesla in the past. In a recent case, Gaitán prevailed against Tesla for fraud because the car he bought from the company was defective in many ways, including poor welds and mismatched parts, to name a few.
The court ruled in his favor. to make a declaration that will enable him to obtain compensation depending on vehicle defects. Supporters of this legal victory have raised doubts about the durability and performance of Tesla cars, especially the batteries, which are one of the company’s mainstays.
Gaitán’s aggressive criticism of Tesla’s quality assurance system has resonated with many consumers, who have also complained. His case against Tesla was groundbreaking in Spain in that other customers who had complained unsuccessfully have now come forward to expose the issue.
The so-calledGlobal petrol car fraud” concerns not only Batteries for electric cars. Moreover, it is a tipping point that is likely to affect the decarbonization of transport, with brands like BYD and Tesla in the spotlight. It remains to be seen to what extent it will affect other fuels such as hydrogen (FCEVs), whose popularity is growing much more slowly than it seemed (and when we were originally told, that is clear).
