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Released: April 24, 2019

Leasing a Tesla? You’re paying for the company’s robotaxis

Source: Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post (Paid Registration)

The long-awaited leasing program for the Model 3, which Tesla has pitched as its mass-market offering that will make electric cars mainstream, comes with a twist: The automaker will not allow consumers to buy the vehicle at the end of the three-year period. Instead, the Silicon Valley automaker intends to absorb all returned Model 3s to launch a robotaxi fleet, a roving network of self-driving vehicles. But those who would lease the vehicle seemed to be getting shorted, consumers and analysts said.

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