Chris Kirkham

3 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Chris Kirkham |Abhirup Roy

Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited U.S. leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end. The policy started in 2019, when Tesla announced that customers could lease its mass-market Model 3 sedans but would have to return them at the end of the lease for use in its planned "robotaxi" network. "You don't have the option of buying," Chief Executive Elon Musk said at an investor gathering in California in April 2019. "We want them back."

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Chris Kirkham |Abhirup Roy

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3 weeks ago | reuters.com | Chris Kirkham |Abhirup Roy

Tesla added software upgrades to increase resale value of leased carsLease buyout policy reversal follows declining demand for used TeslasTesla's no-buy policy suited post-pandemic inventory shortagesMay 15 (REUTERS) - Tesla last November ended an unusual policy that prohibited U.S. leasing customers from buying their cars at lease-end.

3 weeks ago | ground.news | Chris Kirkham |Abhirup Roy

Exclusive-Musk took leased cars back so Tesla could use them as "robotaxis." Instead, Tesla sold them

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Chris Kirkham

Tesla peppered its latest earnings callwith pledges to launch commercial robotaxi operations soon, with CEO Elon Musk promising that autonomous vehicles will “move the financial needle in a significant way” by late next year. While the US electric vehicle maker has missed targets many times before, its reiteration on Tuesday of a previously announced launch target has investors believing that its self-driving future is close.