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Tesla is already offering low 1.99% financing on six-year loans for customers looking to buy the $48,990 long-range, all-wheel-drive Model Y, the series production version of the newer car that debuted in early April. Gone are the days when Tesla had to keep hiking prices to avoid being hopelessly swamped by demand. Now CEO Elon Musk has to fight for every new customer.

Just weeks after the launch of the Model Y refresh, a slightly newer version of the five-year-old crossover, Tesla informed buyers on Sunday they can already have the car at a discounted financing rate. Interested buyers can qualify for a six-year loan at 1.99% if they put down $3,999 for the purchase of a long-range all-wheel-drive version. By contrast, financing rates for some of Tesla’s upscale models top 6%.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No thanks Leon Hitler, you can shove your vehicles where the sun does not shine. I will stick with my Leaf and it will not burn down my garage.

[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow.. it's crazy. I was just thinking about it and honestly I don't think I'd drive a Tesla if it was given to me with a bow on the roof. That's some serious brand implosion right there.

Also, I know of at least one company in my area (where a friend of mine works) who used to have a Tesla fleet for their employees and who have all been switched to Polestars now.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

haha, they know better than to drive around tesslars, that could get vandalized.

[–] LumpyPancakes@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I might take it apart and put the innards in my 85 Bluebird for fun. But it's probably DRM'd so who knows when it'll kill itself. It'd be like driving an HP printer - get in one day and the bastard will say PC LOAD LETTER, or more contemporary, "Problem with the ink system."

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It'd be like driving an HP printer

I vaguely remember the Nazi fuck running the company literally pulling the Disney app from the car via software update because Disney stopped buying Twitter ads. Even HP doesn't have that kind of turn around on fuckery.

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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The Tesla brand is dead to me. In 2018 I wanted a Tesla EV but when in came time to buy a new car (2024), I got a BMW instead. In 2018 I wanted a Tesla Powerwall but I just bought a Jackery system instead. Between the two, that's well over $100k lost to Tesla from that purchase. Countless more given that I will never buy anything Tesla ever. I won't even ride an Uber/Lyft if the driver is on a Tesla.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

i think it was dead since fall of 22-23.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He thought he could be Henry Ford, but Ford was a bit less overt in his Nazism. And, it should be remembered, Ford almost destroyed the company before being forced out by his own family. There are downsides to one man being the image the public has of a company.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

I put the reason for this in song..."Nazi, nazi, bo-botsy-ko-banna-fanna-fo-fawtsy-fe-fi-moe-motsy...nazi!".

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