Local buyer says Tesla didn’t ship his special edition car and sold it to someone else

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Big Island man admits not getting the special model Tesla you ordered isn’t the biggest problem in the world. But he’s sharing his story so future buyers are aware of what could happen.

In March, Ernest Texeria ordered a limited edition, Tesla Model Y Launch edition. But there was a problem and he got a text from his Tesla representative.

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“Basically, they told me that Pasha’s shipping has slowed down because of a shipping maintenance, and they decided on their own, that instead of having my car sitting at the docks in California that they sold it to somebody else,” Texeria said.

Texeira says Tesla told him that 150 cars to Hawaii were affected…

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