• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The first Cybertrucks started shipping in November 2023 but most were more after the start of 2024, so at best it’s a 1½ year period.

    The article showed a screenshot of an owner who had tried Tesla’s online trade-in estimate with a 2024 that had only 6,211 miles on it.

    From the article:

    Tesla sold a brand-new 2024 Cybertruck AWD Foundation Series for $100,000. Now, with only 6,000 miles on the odometer, Tesla is offering $65,400 for it – 34.6% depreciation in just a year.

    Pickup trucks generally lose about 20% of their value after a year and 34% after about 3-4 years.

    It’s also wroth nothing that Tesla’s online “trade-in estimates” are often higher than the final offer as noted in the footnote o fhte [sic] screenshot above.

    On Car Guru, the Cybertruck’s depreciation is actually closer to 45% after a year and that’s more representative of the offers owners should expect from dealers.

    EDIT: corrected mileage from screenshot