1. Buy a BYD in Mexico.
2. Buy a scrapped Tesla in the US.
3. Rebadge the BYD with the Tesla's logos.
4. Bury the Tesla in your yard.
5. Register the rebadged BYD with the Tesla's VIN, slap some plates on it, and drive.
1. Buy a BYD in Mexico.
2. Buy a scrapped Tesla in the US.
3. Rebadge the BYD with the Tesla's logos.
4. Bury the Tesla in your yard.
5. Register the rebadged BYD with the Tesla's VIN, slap some plates on it, and drive.
You still have to deal with people thinking you drive a tesla.
Could probably do the same with a Nissan Leaf, would be cheaper too.
If you live in the other 95% of the US where there aren't insufferable people who judge you for driving a Tesla it's not a big deal.
It's funny I don't live in the USA and my own neighbour sold his Tesla after the Nazi salute. The brand worldwide is suffering and sales are dropping everywhere, not just in the USA.
Tesla is pretty much non existent anymore in Switzerland, where it was really really huge no 5 years ago.
That gets done with stolen vehicles and some rebuilds occasionally, but a VIN swap like that is a fast path to federal pound me in the ass prison.
I'd skip the Tesla part and just have it be a car you made. I think it'd be easier to get that approved and it's more legal.
Step 6. Fines and maybe a night in jail.
FBI open up