That _is_ very generous but usually when people buy cars, they need to sell their old car, especially true now that people are rolling over loans from old cars into new cars.

So lets suppose, you sold or traded in your old car and then bought a Tesla that it turns out that you don't like. What will you do then?

I'm pretty sure third party licensed sales operations will pop up.

It's a classic silicon valley style move on their part: get out of the games you don't want to be in. In this case, the business of car dealerships not being the same as the business of car manufacturing.

Besides, the long play of Tesla is likely not in Tesla branded cars at all. They are slowly making the IBM move where they own and license the tech that other companies rely on.

The legal responsibility of autonomous vehicles and the long term warranty responsibilities of batteries as they decrease in capacity sounds like a terrible business to be in.

A, say, Ford "with Tesla tech" is likely worth substantially more in the mind of the consumer then one without. Pushing off the responsibility of the first point of contact is invaluable for a scaled business.

The bigger market than your own line of cars is to make the parts that all cars use.

It's the best powerplay they have access to in the market position they've formed.

I wouldn't be shocked if you eat the $1,200 delivery/doc fee as a "restocking fee" sort of situation.

I think that would be quite fair and also an effective way to prevent abuse.

That’s not very fair if the return process is the replacement for test drives, which cost nothing for every other car that exists.

Others say the delivery fee is refunded too.

Problem is Twitter is littered with reports from owners who can't be Tesla to take back their vehicles, so I am very skeptical this will be a successful policy.