Per Inside EVs, Cybertruck owners are now allowed by Tesla to trade in their cars for the first time since they hit the market – but they’ll incur a heavy hit in the process.
CarGurus recently showed depreciation rates of up to 45%. Meanwhile, Business Insider talked this past week with two owners who shared firsthand what value Tesla has assigned their Cybertruck. One owner, who bought a $100,000 AWD 2024 model and accumulated 19,623 miles, received a quote for $63,100 (a 37% depreciation); the other purchased a top-of-the-line $127,000 Cyberbeast last September and was shown a quote for $78,200, which would amount to a 38% loss after eight months.
Tesla initially banned owners from reselling the vehicle – a policy typically used to prevent scalping of high-demand vehicles and to maintain brand control. In Tesla’s case, it may also have delayed a wave of trade-ins or resales from owners facing a backlash owing to Elon Musk’s high profile in the Trump administration or frustrated with ongoing quality control issues, which have included runaway gas pedals and falling trim pieces.
Worth noting: trade-in figures are typically lower than private-party sales, and EVs as a category depreciate fast. According to Wired, some brands can lose up to 50% in year one.
Also, the truck was never crash tested…. Who buys a car that hasn’t been crash tested? Idiots…. That’s who.
Edited to correct. Apparently, they finally decided to crash test the cyber truck 3 months ago…. How long has it been for sale?
Maybe people just assumed it was crash tested, just like any other car that is allowed to be sold? I mean I wouldn’t ask if the wheels are included either.
Well, it’s not allowed to be sold in countries that have a requirement for crash tests in their laws (and in particular for not obliterating pedestrians in those crash tests)…
Many countries require cars not have sharp edges that kill people. Elon insists on it.
For a fee, Trump will executive order those requirements away.
and ferrari owners.
At least you know that there is demonstrated build quality with Ferrari.
eh
they didn’t say a high build quality! might’ve meant a demonstrated shoddy build quality!
How is that legal?
One word: capitalism
Dysfunctional regulators/legal system. Plenty of non capitalist cultures had that issue too.
Can you give a source for that? NHTSA says they have crash test ratings