What's with the word "force"? The tweet makes very clear there is no force, there are simply options and the customer can accept them or not.
Possibly paid deposits and on a wait list, expecting to get RH drive.
Tesla gives UK owners grabbing stick after forcing them to get left-hand-drive
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#23I didn’t realize it was legal to drive left hand drive cars in the UK. Isn’t that generally less safe? I’m really surprised a company this large would end support for the right hand drive configuration.
How to you think trucks would cross the channel to deliver goods? Swap the steering column in the tunnel?
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#25How is it worth to lose the UK, AU and Japanese market with this move? I'm seeing a lot of Teslas in London, I don't see how eliminating the right-hand configuration is justifiable economically. Yeah it might be a ball ache to design a car that supports both driving styles, but all brands with global reach have to deal with it. The grabbing stick is equivalent to being told "fuck you for living in one of those countr…
It’s just the S and X. 3 and Y are still offered in these markets in right hand drive. I assume they are not selling enough to justify the tooling.
Agree the grabbing stick is a joke though.
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#26When Tesla cancels a long standing order, do they reimburse you or pay some fee?
At least if you reserve it and cancel as a consumer, you lose your deposit. Weird if they can do it with no financial consequences but not you.
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#28Sounds like The Onion.
I had to do a double check to see if I was actually reading an Onion article.
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#29Too many people with more money than sense. You don't know what to do with your money if you actually buy a car that's the wrong way round because they can't be bothered to support your driving side anymore... I couldn't imagine accepting a compromise like this for a trivial item, yet alone a car.