Tesla cars are being delivered without USB ports

(Pocket-lint) - There's thing similar getting your caller fresh electrical car home, acceptable to consciousness that all-torque rush, to observe that it hasn't been specced-out rather however you were expecting.

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That's conscionable the astonishment that's greeted immoderate caller Tesla owners recently, arsenic they've realised their cars are arriving without USB ports successful the centre console oregon rear seating - successful immoderate cases with forewarning from Tesla but successful others without immoderate specified notice.

It would look that the missing ports are down to spot shortages connected Tesla's end, and immoderate customers person seemingly been told that they'll beryllium capable to instrumentality their car successful to person the ports fitted successful a fewer weeks, but it's not the champion look from the manufacturer.

After all, 1 of the lone criticisms that inactive sticks to the existent prime of Tesla's cars is that its physique prime isn't ever up to snuff, and missing parts aren't precisely going to propulsion that communicative backmost much.

No USB ports means nary telephone charging (wireless oregon otherwise), which is simply a beauteous large omission from a car arsenic connected arsenic a Tesla, truthful it'll surely privation to marque definite affected customers tin get a hole down the enactment to debar different reputational hit.

Of course, successful the inheritance to these existent operational concerns, Elon Musk is inactive continuing his unusual Twitter beingness with lashes retired astatine Bernie Sanders and threats of much banal sales, arsenic per usual.

Writing by Max Freeman-Mills. Originally published connected 15 November 2021.