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Tesla must replace engines in Norwegian cars

Norway Today
20/11/2014
Tesla owners in Norway are experiencing major engine problems.The el car company are now are working in high gear to replace the motors.

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Photo: Tesla model S

Tesla owners in Norway are experiencing major engine problems.The el car company are now are working  in high gear to replace the motors.
The error will be that it is not supplied with sufficient grease on the drive shaft that connects the engine to provider box. The result of this is that the drive shaft teeth are destroyed, so that the engine can no longer grasp, writes  the newspaper VG.
The motor problems are greater in Norway than in any other markets, according to Tesla. This happened because the production of engines with errors happen to coincide with a time when a large amount of Norwegian cars were produced.
Owners of the popular electric car Model S should have reported circularsaw sounds and clunk sound from the  engine. Several motors  should have been wrecked.
Tesla`s CEO Elon Musk says he is personally dealing with the problem. According to him shall be flown in 300 motor units a week to Norway until the problem is resolved.Technicians should have been asked to work maximum overtime to repair the cars, and there will also be hired additional people.
Source: NTB scanpix / Norway Today 
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