One of the first Tesla Model S cars ever built is up for auction

One of the first Tesla Model S cars ever built is up for auction

Sam Perry is a Tesla believer. He was one of the aboriginal 100 humans to buy a Tesla Roadster, the electric-car company's countdown accumulation vehicle.

Now, he's just put his Tesla Model S — the ninth one anytime congenital — up for auction.

The abaft digits of the sedan's vehicle-identification amount say it all: 00009. It's the 2012 Model S Signature series, which agency that it's loaded and dressed in the now iconic Signature Red paint.

"Elon [Musk] alone inspected these aboriginal cars to accomplish abiding the fit was absolutely right," Perry told Business Insider in a buzz chat endure week. "So it's one of the few hand-finished cars, and a part of the aboriginal to appear off the accumulation line."

The Silicon Valley investor, who runs Ascendance Ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, says that he's affairs his car now to accomplish allowance for addition Tesla: the falcon-winged Model X SUV. Perry said that he bare the added amplitude to booty a agglomeration of bicycles and added accessories "while still getting able backpack passengers."

One of the first Tesla Model S cars ever built is up for auction

We asked Perry why he wouldn't just esplanade the new Model X next to the S, because that the closing is so rare. He artlessly replied, "I don't charge two ample cars."

The electric-car bug has been active in Perry's ancestors for generations. He boasted of a 1917 Detroit Electric car endemic by his continued family.

"An uncle of abundance adapted it so it can run on 12-volt batteries," he said, "but you wouldn't wish to try active it up a hill."

Of course, the Model S that Perry is affairs is no slouch.

He acclaimed Tesla's role in blame electric-vehicle development into top gear, even admitting EVs haven't yet won accepted acknowledgment from consumers.

Total sales of new constituent cars almost fabricated a cavity a part of the 17.5 actor new cars and trucks awash in the US endure year.

Tesla first-adopters — humans like Perry who active up to buy the ancient editions of the company's cars — are accurate believers in carriage innovation.

Perry is aswell affairs an ICON A5 claimed aircraft — No. 23 of alone 100 to be made.

His Tesla Model S Signature alternation is listed on eBay, with bids starting at $9,000.

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