The car firm, which is headed by Elon Musk, claims that its Model S can drive up to 360 miles between charges.
According to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), Tesla had been exaggerating the “driving ranges of its cars on a single charge, their fuel cost-effectiveness compared to gasoline vehicles as well as the performance of its Superchargers” on its official local website from August 2019 until recently.
The KFTC also added that driving ranges for Tesla EVs could plummet by as much as 50 per cent in cold temperatures.
Some studies have shown that in extremely low temperatures, the likes of which were recently experienced in the US (around -20°C), Tesla vehicles could lose up to 50 per cent of their range from an equivalently charged battery.
Even temperatures as high as 5°C have been shown to have a significant negative impact on the battery, with ranges of the Model 3 dropping by around one-seventh.
Last year, a South Korean consumer group called...