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There are a lot of usability issues. If you're entering a parking garage for example, the payment machine would be on the other side making it annoying to use.

People don't want the hassle. But they're getting refunded, plus they're getting a good deal on a model 3 or Y. Some of them might choose to take the deal, some might not, but the customers are being taken care of.

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There’s also the question of resale value. It would be hard to sell a LHD Tesla, if you buy that then you are essentially tied to it for the lifetime of the car, or taking a massive haircut if you ever decide to sell.

It’s not just the ticket machines, the UK also has a lot of narrow country roads that are difficult enough to drive in a RHD, I cannot imagine driving a LHD in UK it would be hell on earth.

RHD are rare enough in the USA that you can actually get a “uniqueness” premium.

Encountered a few enterprising Germans driving their own cars on my last trip to Cornwall.

Perhaps, unlike tourists driving RHD cars, they're much more able to kiss the hedge on the narrow roads there without fear when other cars have to pass.

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