I have seen a lot of tesla vandalism online the last few days and I’m kind of on the fence about it.
I’ve seen several examples locally here in BC, Canada.
I think totally warranted at newly purchased teslas going forward. Also it serves as a deterrent for potential future buyers.
But vandalizing a car that is a few years old I think is lame. Those driversare already being punished enough by driving something around that’s worth less than scrap.
Cybertruck pre-orders started in 2019, well before Musk’s bigotry was widely known. It was to be the first ev truck on the market, and the pre-order price was tempting. Folks paid for these things and are now stuck with them. You literally are not allowed to sell them. What should those people do?
AFAIK, the pre-orders more or less just guaranteed a spot to actually purchase the dumpster and no one actually ‘bought’ them until '23. If it were me, and I saw what he was doing, I’d cancel the pre-order, even if I had to eat that $100.
I’m pretty sure the pre-order price was somewhere around $100.
Oh, I thought you had to pay the whole thing. That does make a difference imo.
Back then, it was already extremely clear that the Cybertruck was a stupid vanity project intended for people who wanted to feel futuristic but wouldn’t have bought a regular EV, because it wasn’t cool and mean enough. So my potentially hot take is: Those people got what they deserve.
What can they do now? Take it as a learning opportunity. Be better.
They are not allowed to sell them? As in by contract or something?
I found an update on that
https://www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-no-longer-wants-you-sell-your-cybertruck-back-them-after-used-cybertruck-prices-fall
Tesla won’t even take them as trade-ins anymore. Anyone who owns a dorkmobile is free to stop at any time.