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Are you allowed to sell a Tesla for parts?

• gibolt 6y ago
  Why not? However, anything related to the battery/charging swapped out on the recipient Tesla may disable Supercharging.
• netcan 6y ago
  Tesla parts are actually really valuable. A lot of people want their engines (and batteries) for hot rod projects, and there are very few around. They can't be bought new, and the used price is probably higher than new would be. I heard some irrational sounding numbers a few years back. Maybe prices have come down, now that more Teslas have had the opportunity to be totalled and sold for parts.
  • giancarlostoro 6y ago
    Makes you wonder if buying a Tesla to scrap for parts would be worthwhile at all.
    • netcan 6y ago
      That's the point... worth is situational. If you have a project car that really wants a tesla engine.. the car wants what the car wants. I wouldn't be surprised if some number of Teslas have been bought new to scrap.
• pdelbarba 6y ago
  JFC we really need to turn this societal acceptance of "you don't own the hardware" around. It's always been legal to sell parts off your car. Do not buy anything that attempts to prevent you from owning what you bought through any sort of user agreement.
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  • giancarlostoro 6y ago
    My understanding is you can't go to a junkyard and bring a Tesla back to life, cause they own the software. Course wonder if someone determined enough could make it work at minimal like a normal car (no self-driving). Reversing the firmware is probably a bit of effort though (I don't think reversing anything is ever truly impossible).
    • bjt 6y ago
      It's not easy, but you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAMczraBIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAMczraBIM
• ogre_codes 6y ago
  Scrapping totaled out Teslas is a common way to do aftermarket electric conversions.