Norwegian Teslarati Plan Hunger Strike Over Car Defects

A group of Norwegian Tesla owners have announced that they are planning a hunger strike in order to force the company into fixing the issues that have plagued their cars.

The (admittedly small) group of Teslarati staged a small demonstration in a car park last week, replete with a banner, a small film crew, and even parking their cars to real "HELP" from above.

Erlend Mørch, one of the hunger strikers tweeted about the campaign "NORWEGIAN TESLA OWNERS ARE SUFFERING" before repeatedly tagging company CEO Elon Musk in subsequent tweets. 

#TESLA HUNGER STRIKE IN TESLA COUNTRY #1 NORWAY 27. aug 2022 @elonmusk

NORWEGIAN TESLA OWNERS ARE SUFFERING pic.twitter.com/2XkiIiG6df

— Erlend Mørch (@monstermasten) August 27, 2022

The strikers have set up a website with their list of demands and quibbles with Tesla's quality control.

The number one complaint the strikers have with Tesla's cars is that they "won't start in cold weather." Clearly, a problem in a country such as Norway but some may feel a hunger strike is slightly excessive to raise attention.

Other quibbles include "Trunk lid filled with rain water" and "The wipers do not work (well enough)."

The group says, however, that its primary aim is to "get in touch with Elon" and says that "We believe that if Elon Musk is made aware of our troubles, he will solve the situation Please help get his attention."

Tesla hasn't commented on the campaign and, according to Jalopnik, the would-be strikers haven't cared to elaborate further on the campaign.