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"Musk is betting that the car will be so good that people will want to keep it." Or that Tesla can sell "certified pre-owned" models for > the cost of the buyb

• notahacker 14y ago
  True, but if owners are looking to return their Teslas en masse after 36 months the residual value will be a little less than the 43% they're apparently guaranteeing here. It's not just a hedge against you ending up with a dud car either: you're also protected from a perfectly adequate '13 model's value being driven down by a new generation of Teslas which are drastically better (or better value). That's a worthwhile guarantee for the early-adopter of a physical product in a rapidly evolving market Expect the most dramatic innovations from Tesla to come in 2017 and beyond then... :-)