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So far this year has The Tesla Cybertruck has been bricked by car washesgot stuck on the sandy shore of a lake and been totally destroyed by a YouTuber’s stress test. But anyone lumped in with the giant electric pickup truck faces some pretty stiff penalties if they try to sell off their Tesla. (TSLA) truck, until now.
When Tesla Cybertruck buyers accepted delivery of their electric vehicles, they were previously warned that they required Tesla’s permission to unload the trucks. In the terms provided by the brand, buyers were told they faced a $50,000 fine if they violated that clause and could be barred from buying future models from Tesla.
However, these measures now appear to have been cut from Tesla’s terms of sale, It reports Teslarati. According to the site, the automaker has loosened rules for reselling that Tesla truck you don’t want anymore, which means we could be about to see a whole bunch of Cybertruck deals hit Craigslist:
On Tuesday, some were . The removal of the section comes as Tesla has begun selling Foundation Series Cybertrucks more widely, as buyers can simply buy the electric vehicles from the company’s online order configurator instead of having to purchase a reservation.
While the sales ban has only just ended, That’s what Electrek tells us Tesla hasn’t actually terminated anyone for trying to flip their Cybertruck. Instead, the site found that the automaker took steps to “blacklist” some Cybertruck owners who tried to flip their massive EVs.
While Tesla kept a tight grip on the resale market for Cybertrucks, the electric pickup became best selling car over $100,000 here in America. But its spread across America’s roads saw it too become something of a culture war on wheels.
Now that buyers are free to discharge their massive EVs, we’ll be excited to see how many jump at the opportunity. Especially since reports already found it about five percent of Cybertrucks were sold while Tesla oversaw the practice.
A version of this article originally appeared on Jalopnik.