An area Tesla seller is allegedly parking unsold Mannequin Y stock on the streets of Sign Hill, California. The suburb, situated in southern Los Angeles County, has been stacked with dozens of the corporate’s EVs in public road parking with short-term paper license plates, elevating suspicions amongst residents that the close by retailer, Tesla Lengthy Seashore, is stashing additional automobiles across the neighborhood.
Resident: “They Simply Appeared In a single day”
Chatting with SFGate, one Sign Hill resident named Bella mentioned the Mannequin Ys confirmed up very all of the sudden in early July. She counted 24 complete Teslas scattered all through the neighborhood in a single day, every of which bore a brief registration tag. Whether or not the automobiles truly belong to the seller is unconfirmed, nevertheless it appears potential given their sudden look final month. It is also unclear if the automobiles are on the market domestically or in the event that they’re awaiting a seller switch. Our repeated calls to Tesla Lengthy Seashore went unanswered, as did an e mail to the corporate’s public relations division.
Bella informed SFGate that many of the Teslas parked in her neighborhood seem like pre-owned Mannequin Y stock, though there have been some new automobiles within the combine as nicely. A photograph by SFGate reveals a few of the Teslas with orange warning stickers that say they have to be faraway from the house inside 72 hours, per native parking laws that prohibit automobiles from squatting indefinitely in road areas, however Bella says that whoever owns the Teslas is complying with that rule, as they’re cycled out and in of the neighborhood “pretty steadily.”
Not The First Tesla Parking Quagmire
Though the scenario in Sign Hill does not have a confirmed trigger, it would not be the primary time {that a} Tesla retailer ran afoul of native authorities concerning parking. In Farmington Hills, Michigan, the car parking zone of a shuttered Mattress Bathtub & Past was crammed with dozens of unsold Cybertrucks and different Tesla automobiles final fall, a transfer that metropolis officers mentioned was unpleasant and towards official bylaws. Blame for the overparkage was positioned proper on the doorstep of a brand new Tesla retailer within the neighborhood.
The parking issues may be associated to Tesla’s huge gross sales slowdown previously 12 months. The Toyota RAV4 changed the Mannequin Y because the world’s hottest automobile in 2024, and gross sales of the polarizing Cybertruck fell flat quickly after its debut. The redesigned 2025 Mannequin Y, codenamed Juniper, has seen higher success than its rapid predecessor, however the automaker continues to be providing reasonably deep reductions on its latest crossover to stem the tide.
Tesla does have one unlikely buyer, nevertheless. The US Air Drive simply bought two Cybertrucks to check their impression resistance – i.e. to blow them up. Due to its novel design and stainless-steel development, the Cybertruck was of explicit curiosity to American army, which needs to make sure it is ready to “deal with” any enemies who may be tempted to make their subsequent tactical automobile a Tesla.
Supply: SFGate through Carscoops