Tesla infamously was started by someone else, someone who cared a lot about cars.

Then it was forcibly taken over (stolen, really) by a dubiously rich man from South Africa who doesn’t know a thing about cars, doesn’t even know how to drive (crashed his uninsured $1M McClaren after just 10K miles), and most of all doesn’t care about anything but getting rich from attention.

Tesla thus always has been an African advance fee fraud (AFF) formula, and courts are finally beginning to figure this out.

A Belgian court found Tesla unhelpful and opaque, as fraudsters typically are. Then the court ruled a full refund is due to the unfortunate Tesla owner.

…Model S P100D electric vehicle – was plagued with serious problems. The Antwerp Court of Appeal found in his favour, confirming the existence of serious shortcomings in terms of the car’s driving comfort and safety.

In a Het Laatste Nieuws article published on Saturday, the customer listed a host of issues with his vehicle from day one: faulty sensors, imperfect brakes, and a defective display screen. All of these problems were confirmed by an independent investigation carried out by experts.

In its ruling, the Court of Appeal also criticised Tesla’s failure to cooperate with the investigation, in particular by failing to provide the court-appointed experts with data relating to the vehicle.

Plagued with problems.

Faulty sensors.

Faulty brakes.

Faulty control console.

No cooperation from the people responsible for the faults.

This is not a car that should be operating on public roads. That is not an exaggeration. It is unsafe at any speed, as you can read any day from places where Tesla still is allowed to operate.

The owner of a new Tesla Model 3 was left in shock after the car’s main features allegedly froze while he was driving on the freeway. Javier Rodriguez of Irvine spoke with Eyewitness News on Tuesday and said it happened last Thursday while he was heading westbound on the 10 Freeway through Cabazon. He said the car was stuck going 83 mph and the main screen was frozen. He said all of the buttons and switches – including turn signals and hazard lights – were not working.

New car.

Main features frozen while driving on the freeway.

At this point, local law enforcement should stop and impound the dangerously unsafe Tesla and consider whether any person selling a Tesla should investigated for fraud.

Without fraud there would be no Tesla.