A trio of brand-new Teslas that were sitting in shipping containers on a Chinese dock since 2010 are about to be sold for a record amount.
The Roadsters were recently discovered in town of Quingdao, having never been picked up by their buyer.
They were reportedly ordered by a Chinese startup electric automobile company that went bankrupt before it could claim them, presumably to reverse engineer the vehicles to help with the event of its products.
Phoenix-based Tesla specialist Gruber Motor Company is handling their sale and accepting bids.
The gathering includes an orange Base trim Roadster and a two Roadster Sports in orange and red.
Their batteries have been “bricked” and now not work from not having been used or charged for thus long, however the cars are otherwise of their original factory condition.
The Roadster was built from 2008 through 2012, and in 2010, had starting prices of $109,000 for Base models and $128,000 for Sports within the US.
Gruber Motor Company currently has a vetted bid of $2 million for all three cars and has prolonged the deadline for higher offers.
The cars are being shipped to Dubai – which is anticipated to take two to 3 weeks – where prospective buyers can examine them in person if a final offer isn’t accepted by then.
If the sale goes through, that might put a worth of $666,666 on each of the cars, which might blow away the record price known to have been paid for a Tesla Roadster.
That currently stands at $250,000, which was how much Gruber Motor Company sold the thirteenth Roadster ever in-built February 2022.
This story has been updated with recent information on the status of the auction
