If you buy a Cybertruck, Tesla says you can’t sell it for a year.
www.theverge.com
Whatever you think of its windshield wiper, if you are one of the first Cybertruck owners (price still TBA), Tesla intends for you to hang onto your electric truck. Tesla’s order agreement says “You agree that, you will not sell or otherwise attempt to sell the Vehicle within the first year following your Vehicle’s delivery date,” without getting permission. Breaking the deal could result in your truck being remotely deactivated.
    • 7bicycles [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Cars have always been spiritually a rent thing, even if not explicitly legal so.

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    if you are one of the first Cybertruck owners

    If you are one of the first cybertruck owners, the year is 2077 and you can just give one of the homeless kids on the ground floor of your arcology a soyplast boba tea so xir can hack the damn thing for you and disable the remote deactivation.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      8 months ago

      Seriously, this thing will only become viable for serial production once they invent nanomachine duct tape

      • Maoo [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        I dunno the basic design would be very doable by other manufacturers. They just aren't that good at building cars. Other Teslas made in the US come with a ton of misaligned shit.

    • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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      8 months ago

      Using the possessive form of a pronoun as the singular? Guess pronoun technology will have advanced by then(I am not serious about grammar nitpicking here lol)

      • 7bicycles [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        actually it's very funny to fuck over rich people who buy supercars so no

        • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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          8 months ago

          we shouldn't be doing the whole cars thing regardless, but i'd rather have better precedent for consumer protection and the way ferrari is about their brand and people customizing their own property i think it would be funnier if the precious and elitist fuckwads at the car companies had their noses and IP rubbed in some shit.

      • Red Wizard 🪄@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        I'm never going to own one so I don't really care. Musk is a shit heel too but the reaction to this "news" gives him more credit then he deserves. This isn't his personal idiotic idea its just some dumb industry norm the corporate entity is following.

    • save_vs_death [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      EU legislation is byzantine, but I wouldn't even a bet a ham sandwich against it being illegal in a huge chunk of the market

      • prismaTK
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        8 months ago

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  • moujikman [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    So they can sue you if you resell, but they don't have to buy it back if they don't want to. A prime example of anti-competitive behavior in effort to control competition in the secondary market and to manipulate market prices. They aren't even afraid of anti-trust lawsuits. I'm also guessing they anticipate this product is going to be a failure if they're willing to take such a risky position.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      I imagine it's if the new owner contacts Tesla for a repair of some terribly designed part that came broke or breaks too easily, Tesla disables truck

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      It's, easy. Once it has burst into flames they will DNA test the charred remains inside and if it's not yours your loved ones are in big trouble.

  • Deadend [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    The remote disable is new.

    A lot of “collector” cars have similar rules.

    Cybertruck has more in common with a Lamborghini than a Hilux.

    • CrushKillDestroySwag
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      8 months ago

      Lambo will blacklist you if you put a decal on there that they don't like, so Tesla's not at that level yet.

      • Deadend [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        That’s only because Elon has no taste. He would if someone did a trans rights cybertruck

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    [without their permission else they could disable it remotely]

    JUST LIKE IN THE CYBERPUNKERINOS! so-true

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    On the one hand I’m like what the fuck, on the other anyone who’s buys one of these bazingamobiles gets what they deserve