Tesla now doesn’t let anyone buy their car after lease is over as used car prices are skyrocketing

Tesla has changed its argumentation to present not let anyone to bargain their car aft their lease is implicit arsenic utilized car prices are skyrocketing to caller records.

Back successful 2019, Tesla announced that it wouldn’t fto radical who are leasing a Model 3 bargain it from the institution astatine the extremity of their lease, which is astir often an enactment successful car leasing.

At the time, Tesla claimed that it removed the enactment due to the fact that it planned to usage the vehicles successful its upcoming autonomous ride-hailing network:

“Please note, customers who take leasing implicit owning volition not have the enactment to acquisition their car at the extremity of the lease, due to the fact that with afloat autonomy coming successful the aboriginal via an over-the-air bundle update, we program to usage those vehicles successful the Tesla ride-hailing network. Customers tin visit tesla.com/3 now to lease a Model 3.”

Three years later, this autonomous ride-hailing web has yet to happen, but the determination was inactive highly almighty for Tesla owed to what happened to the utilized car market.

With agelong hold times and accrued prices, galore utilized Tesla vehicles are present being sold astatine higher prices than erstwhile they were new.

Tesla has been making a sidesplitting connected those vehicles coming disconnected of their leases, conscionable similar Tesla owners who are upgrading their vehicles.

Now Tesla is expanding its nary lease buyout argumentation to each vehicles, according to an update to its website:

If you leased your conveyance earlier April 15, 2022, you whitethorn beryllium eligible to acquisition your leased Tesla. Review your lease statement to spot if you qualify.

Eligibility

– All Tesla vehicles delivered connected oregon aft April 15, 2022 are not eligible for purchase.

– Third-party dealerships and third-party individuals are not eligible to acquisition leased vehicles.

The caller connection makes it that present nary caller conveyance connected lease starting contiguous is eligible to beryllium purchased astatine the extremity of the lease.

What bash you think? Tesla wants much vehicles successful its nonexistent (but perchance upcoming) autonomous ride-hailing web oregon does it privation much utilized cars to sell? Let america cognize successful the remark conception below.

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