Collin Kidder via EV wrote:
If you purchase something (and you do get a title when you buy a car)
then it is yours. What you do with it is no longer the company's
problem.
I agree with Collin. He bought it; it's his to do with as he likes.
Tesla can choose to help (by supplying parts, offering inspections, or
service). Or they can choose NOT to help (turn away business), though
they are legally obligated to provide at least the same level of service
as anyone else that walked in the door on a non-discriminatory basis.
But Tesla has no right to actively prevent usage of someone else's
property. If Tesla maintains that they retain some kind of partial
ownership and control of a car after the sale, it means you didn't buy
it -- you're *leasing* it. You can only drive it as long as Tesla allows
you to. They can "brick" it any time they want, and you have no
recourse. It amounts to the same thing as GM terminating the leases on
their EV1's.
I wonder if Tesla will learn to regret this attitude. For example, what
if some sharp attorney sues Tesla as "part owner" of the car in some
tragic accident case?
--
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
-- Henry Ford
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