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Tesla changes lease policy, didn’t use old cars as robotaxis | From 2019–2024, Tesla would not offer a buyout to lease customers.
From 2019–2024, Tesla would not offer a buyout to lease customers.
And that has made some former leasers a little unhappy that their old EVs weren't pressed into service making money for Tesla on an ongoing basis but rather just as a one-time transaction. In the meantime, Tesla's share price benefited heavily from CEO Elon Musk's constant promotion of the cars' supposed ability to drive themselves and the scale this would enable for a putative ride-hailing network. In 2014 he decided to indulge his lifelong passion for the car by leaving the National Human Genome Research Institute and launching Ars Technica's automotive coverage.
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