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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Tesla fined more than $155,000 for button battery risks

The infringements affected key fobs for Tesla's Model X, Model Y, Model 3 and Model S vehicles. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's most popular electric car brand Tesla has paid a record penalty for failing to meet button battery safety standards in a move that could have put children at risk. 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission fined the US car brand $155,460 for failing to meet the standards under consumer laws between June last year and May this year.

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