Even if Tesla agrees to a buyback, it will make large deductions on the sticker price. Depending on the wear and tear situation, an estimated repair cost, and, most importantly, a fee of $0.25 per mile driven, Tesla will trim the final buyback offer accordingly. Only after Tesla declines a buyback offer can a Cybertruck owner take matters into their own hands and flip the car to a dealer or another interested buyer.
Any attempt to violate the standard Motor Vehicle Order Agreement Terms & Conditions could cost a buyer more than the car’s value. Tesla will first try to block the transfer ownership legally, but if that’s not an option, more drastic measures will follow. The company says it can ” demand liquidated damages from you in the amount of $50,000 or the value received as consideration for the sale or transfer, whichever is greater.”
But that’s not the final hit. Tesla says once a customer breaches the Cybertruck resale policies, the company might refuse to sell Tesla cars to that customer in the future. Given the deeply software-linked nature of Tesla cars, any shady ownership transfer will definitely attract Tesla’s attention, and it could very well block it, leaving both parties involved in an illicit exchange hanging dry. Tesla has raked in over a million registrations for the Cybertruck, and going by its production scaling plans, the waiting period could extend well into 2025 for a lot of interested parties.