Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you don’t own the thing you brought, you’re going to be the biggest mug buying this

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• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So this thing is really happening huh?

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• Jakdracula@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can I set up an LLC and use that company to buy the car? Then, collapse the LLC, and sell the car at a giant markup to whoever’s dumb enough to buy it

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• there1snospoon@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They should just break down, go full camp with it, and make it look like a Warthog from Halo. At least then it would have a gimmicky reason to purchase one.

  Wonder how long it will take for body kits to come out for these things.

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  • _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wonder how long it will take for body kits to come out for these things

    I’m thinking not long. Tesla body repair is already known to be super expensive, so applying that to flat stainless steel panels? I’m not even sure body repair is going to be immediately available.

    So in its stead, I’m betting a full on body replacement is ultimately going to be cheaper (and not in the ss that Musk insisted on).

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• profdc9@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tesla is making it harder and harder to dare buy an electric vehicle.

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  • MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can buy one, just don’t buy a Tesla

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    • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All the cool kids buying Leafs.

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• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thwy just keep giving me more and more reasons not to but a vehicle from Tesla.

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• ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But if you resell it to some chump for enough money then that is just Tesla taking their cut of the resale.

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• stown@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I recently saw my first Tesla Semi and also Tesla Truck in the wild. The semi was pretty cool but the truck looked like a toy or a prop and was smaller than I expected.

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• Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good grief, I have Hyundai Ioniq 5 and feels like it is better although my Ioniq is far cheaper than Tesla.

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• ours@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is odd for us but Ferrari has similar contracts.

  People may remember how Deadmau5 had to give up on his “Purrari”. He was threatened with a lawsuit by Ferrari who was unhappy with his Nyan cat livery and colors. And this is not a one-off, Ferrari won’t let you paint it in non-Ferrari colors and I believe they have restrictions on who you resell it to.

  Deadmau5 replaced the car with a Japanese sports car that was happy for the marketing opportunity.

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  • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How can that shit conceivably hold up in court? What’s mine is mine.

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    • ours@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I bet someone determined could fight it but it would cost, and take time, and good luck getting your expensive, maintenance-heavy car serviced during and after the whole ordeal.

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  • StephniBefni@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I thought deamau5 git a couple McLarens after that.

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• itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Makes me wanna buy one just to fucking destroy it put it in the fucking crusher and strap dynamite to it.

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  • slurpeesoforion@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And send it back directly to Elin?

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    • MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Elin Moosk

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    • itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In small pieces.

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• key@lemmy.keychat.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shit and they still haven’t fixed that low-LoD bug yet?

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• GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good. I don’t want that piece of crap.

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• a887dcd7a@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suppose only US buyers can be gutted that way

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  • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nope, depending how you write the contract, you can do it even in EU, although probably you must write it as the now quite common offers in which you pay something for the first X years as if it was rented and then you can pay the rest or give back the car. Basically a rent with an option to buy the car at the end of the rent at a previously agreed price.
    This way you obviously cannot resell the car before the X years passed since it is not legally yours.

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    • a887dcd7a@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea, you are describing leasing, which is a totally different point.

      If you would try these shenanigans in a regular contract, your company would be a) sued to the ground b) don’t sell one car…

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• joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  and any damages and repairs

  On a car that is known is be east to scratch?!

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Poor Usamericans who can’t defend themselves against such a sh**

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Tesla added a section titled “For Cybertruck Only” to its Motor Vehicle Order Agreement, which laid out the new rules.

  But if a customer has a good reason to sell their Cybertruck, Tesla may agree to buy it back at the original price minus “$0.25/mile driven, reasonable wear and tear, and the cost to repair the Vehicle to Tesla’s Used Vehicle Cosmetic and Mechanical Standards.”

  The Full Self-Driving feature, which costs up to $199 per month, is not transferable to a new owner, Fast Company reported.

  First announced in 2019, the Cybertruck is Tesla’s first new product in years, and it is expected to shake up the electric pickup-truck market.

  Tesla originally said the price of the truck would start at $39,900, but it’s likely to be much more expensive due to pricey building materials.

  Elon Musk said in an earnings call earlier this year that it would take a year to 18 months before the EV truck can become a significant cash-flow contributor, adding that he hoped production of the Cybertruck would reach a quarter of a million annually by 2025.

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• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They should let people sell at a loss if they want to, but otherwise I see no problem with this.

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• Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What If its shite I it’s past return and I don’t want it anymore

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  • maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Read your contract. They get first chance to buy it back, only if they decline can you sell it elsewhere.

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• swan_pr@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering the state the world is in, I’m at a point where news like this leave me totally indifferent. I used to feel concerned about privacy and freedom of choice when it comes to consumer goods but right now, with this company? I couldn’t give less of a shit.

  If you are rich enough to buy one of these abominations, you are rich enough to put pressure on the manufacturer to tell them you are not ok with this (if in fact that is the case).

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• londos@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What is this, a dog rescue?

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• BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What is Tesla?

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  • cheesemoo@lemmy.conk.me ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Baby don’t hurt me

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