Fremont builds them, so Fremont wrecks them. We buy collision-damaged, totaled and salvage-title Teslas directly, including cars with battery damage and cars that will not power on.
Offer in writing before dispatch. Free pickup. Paid in full before the truck leaves.
It is not that the cars are fragile. It is that the economics of repairing them turn against the owner much faster.
Industry repair guidance puts EV battery packs at roughly 30 to 40 percent of the vehicle's total value, with replacement commonly running from about $10,000 to well over $20,000 depending on the platform. When one component carries that much of the car's worth, damage near it moves the estimate enormously.
On newer Teslas the pack is part of the body structure rather than a module bolted underneath. That makes selective repair difficult, so a shop often has to quote full replacement where a conventional car would get a section repaired.
Published 2025 and 2026 repair-cost guides put major structural work at roughly $8,000 to $15,000 and up on a Model 3, $9,000 to $16,000 and up on a Model Y, and higher again on Model S and Model X. Those numbers reach an insurer's threshold quickly.
California does not use a fixed percentage. Insurers here apply a total loss formula, and when the cost of repairs plus the vehicle's salvage value meets or exceeds its actual value, the car is declared a total loss. Different carriers reach that line at different points, which is why two similar Teslas can be treated differently.
Here is the thing that catches owners out. The same math that makes a Tesla easy to total also means the wreck still holds serious value, because the reason the repair was uneconomical is rarely that the expensive parts were destroyed.
A Model 3 or Model Y hit hard enough in the front or rear to cross the total loss line very often has an undamaged high-voltage pack and undamaged drive units. Those are the two most valuable assemblies in the vehicle. So are the screens, the seats, the closures, the suspension and the wiring.
A scrap-weight quote prices none of that. It prices the car as metal. On a modern EV that is not a conservative valuation, it is the wrong valuation, and the gap is usually measured in thousands.
We saw the same thing on a 2016 Hyundai Sonata here in Fremont. The scrap quote was $475. We paid $1,350. On a 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE that the owner had been told was finished, we paid $12,500.
On a late-model EV the spread between those two ways of pricing a car is wider still, because so much more of the value sits in components that weight-based pricing cannot see.
Figures above are from purchases we completed. Every vehicle is different and your offer depends on your car.
One thing worth knowing before you try to sell privately. Tesla has historically restricted Supercharger access on salvage-titled vehicles, and the policy has shifted more than once over the years. Whatever the current position, it makes a salvage Tesla a hard sell to a private buyer, which is a large part of why owners end up stuck with a car nobody wants to take. It does not reduce what the vehicle is worth to us.
Tesla builds the Model 3, Model Y, Model S and Model X at the Fremont factory, and the surrounding East Bay has one of the highest EV adoption rates in the country. That means two things for you.
First, there are more damaged Teslas per square mile here than almost anywhere else, and most local buyers price them with the same weight-based logic they apply to a twenty-year-old sedan. Second, we are here often, so pickup is quick.
Driveways, apartment and condo lots, storage facilities, body shops and tow yards are all routine for us.
Model, year, trim, mileage, where the impact was, whether it powers on, your title status, and the ZIP where it sits. Photos speed this up more than anything else.
We price the vehicle as a vehicle. Nothing is dispatched until you accept, and once you accept, that is what you are paid. We do not renegotiate in your driveway.
Typically within 24 to 48 hours. Free even if the car does not run or roll. Paid in full before the vehicle is loaded and gone.
We are not attorneys and we are not the DMV. If your situation is unusual we will point you to the specific form rather than guess. The full FAQ covers titles, liens, smog and plates in more detail.
Yes. Battery-adjacent damage is the single most common reason a Tesla gets declared a total loss, so it is most of what we see. Tell us where the impact was and whether the car still powers on, and we will price it accordingly. A damaged pack does not make the vehicle worthless, because the drive units, the body, the interior and the electronics all still carry value.
Considerably more, and this is the case most often mispriced. A Tesla can be totaled by a front or rear collision that never touches the pack, because the repair estimate crosses the insurer's threshold on its own. That vehicle still has an intact high-voltage pack and drivetrain, which is the most valuable part of the car. Weight-based scrap pricing ignores this entirely.
Yes. Salvage-title and owner-retained Teslas are routine purchases for us. If your insurer declared the car a total loss and you kept it, your settlement was reduced by the salvage value and the vehicle now carries a salvage title. We buy it as it sits and handle the salvage-side paperwork with you.
Three, realistically. Pay for a repair that exceeds the vehicle's value. Try to sell a damaged Tesla privately, which is slow because most private buyers will not take on a salvage title. Or sell it to a direct buyer. Get our number before you commit to a repair bill, because the comparison usually only takes one phone call.
No on both counts. We buy Teslas that will not power on, that are stuck in a low-voltage state, that have no key cards, and that have not moved in a year. Our trucks are equipped for non-running EVs and the tow is on us. If you do have the key cards, bring them, because it helps.
Most pickups happen within 24 to 48 hours of you accepting the offer. A recent Fremont purchase went from first call to payment in ten hours. If the vehicle is at a body shop or tow yard accruing storage fees, say so when you call, because that usually changes how fast we should move.
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