Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y...
by waheoo on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:55AM
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Better hope their urgent terms allow them to prioritise in this way.
Most contract law has things in place to prevent bait and switch tactics like this, especially when pressure tactics are used like threatening longer wait times.
Re:Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a y...
by maxerickson on Monday April 12, 2021 @07:41AM
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It's likely that Tesla can walk away free and clear right up until something like a delivery or start of work.
(under the terms of the existing agreement)
If they do have the unilateral right to cancel the existing contract before starting work, offering new terms first probably won't be treated as coercive.
Of course what they are actually doing is they are proposing new terms, which customers are free to refuse. The existing contracts stand and Tesla would need to follow whatever is permitted in the contract or contract law to cancel it or be liable for compensation.
I would also think that there ought to be an expectation of a reasonable deadline to execute the contract or customers can ask for a refund (at a minimum) and walk away, but IANA.