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Terms & Conditions
Last Updated: September 9, 2026
Mersul, LLC, trading as Mersul (“Mersul”, the “Platform”, “we”, “us”), Tempe, Arizona. Not affiliated with Tesla, Inc.
1. Acceptance, Eligibility and Authority
These Terms govern use of mersul.com, participation in Mersul’s early-access program, and, once commercially available, use of the Platform. By using the website or submitting an early-access form, you agree to the provisions that apply to those activities. If you do not agree, do not use the site or submit a form.
Commercial platform terms: The Platform is pre-launch. No customer vehicle can presently be enrolled, no marketplace dispatch can be completed, and no platform fee is presently charged. Platform-specific provisions are provided in advance for transparency, but they do not create an active subscription or promise that a feature will launch. Before an account is commercially activated, we will present the then-current terms, pricing and any applicable order form for affirmative acceptance.
Early access: Joining the early-access list asks Mersul to contact you about your enquiry and, subject to applicable consent and unsubscribe rules, relevant product and launch updates. It does not create a Platform account, reserve a vehicle or territory, guarantee admission, or obligate either party to buy or sell anything. The Privacy Policy explains how the lead record is handled.
Age and commercial use: You must be at least 18 years old and use the site and Platform for business or commercial purposes. They are not offered as consumer transportation, vehicle-operation or emergency services.
Authority: If you act for a company or another person, you represent that you are authorized to bind them and to grant every vehicle, account and data permission you provide. In these Terms, “you” includes that company or person.
2. What Mersul Is — and Is Not
Mersul is building fleet-operations software and a two-sided marketplace intended to connect autonomous Fleet Owners (“Owners”) with independent service businesses (“Vendors”). Planned functions include authorized telemetry ingestion, operational routing, dispatch coordination, service evidence and payment facilitation.
Technology provider: Mersul does not manufacture, sell, own, drive or control an Owner’s vehicle. Mersul is not a transportation carrier, vehicle dealer, repair shop, insurer or insurance broker unless a future written agreement expressly states otherwise.
Independent Vendors: Vendors are independent businesses, not Mersul employees, agents, partners or franchisees. They are responsible for how they perform accepted work and for their personnel, equipment, expenses, taxes, licences and insurance. The actual relationship is governed by applicable law regardless of the label used here.
No Tesla promise: Mersul does not control whether or when Tesla offers Cybercab purchases, owner-operated fleets, particular API permissions, commercial deployment or any related program. Early access does not reserve a vehicle, Tesla account, territory, Vendor job or Mersul launch position.
Pre-launch material: Screenshots, workflows, calculators, forecasts, pricing examples and feature descriptions may show prototypes or assumptions. They are not guarantees, financial advice or a representation that a feature, price, vehicle capability or commercial opportunity is available.
3. Accounts and Account Security
Accurate information: You must provide complete, current information and promptly update changes to ownership, contact details, licences, insurance, tax status, payment details and vehicle authority. Verification by Mersul or a provider is an eligibility check, not an endorsement or guarantee.
Credentials and team access: Keep credentials, recovery methods, API tokens and devices secure. Use role permissions appropriate to each team member. You are responsible for activity authorized through your account until you notify us of suspected unauthorized access, except to the extent applicable law provides otherwise.
Security notice: Tell us promptly at support@mersul.com if you believe an account, vehicle authorization or job-scoped access method has been compromised. We may temporarily restrict access while we investigate.
4. Vehicle API Authorization and Commands
An Owner may connect a supported vehicle only through the manufacturer’s approved authorization process. The Owner instructs Mersul to access information and issue commands solely within the scopes the Owner grants and the automation rules the Owner configures.
Authorization: Tesla authorization occurs through Tesla’s service. Mersul does not receive the Owner’s Tesla password. Depending on the permissions granted and Tesla’s current API, authorization may allow Mersul to receive vehicle information, location and telemetry and to request supported commands.
Revocation: The Owner may change or revoke permissions through the manufacturer and, where available, through Mersul. Revocation prevents new authorized access after it takes effect, but it does not require deletion of records that must be retained under the Privacy Policy or law. Some Platform functions will stop working when access is removed.
Remote commands: Where supported and authorized, commands may include locking or unlocking, providing job-scoped access, and sending a navigation destination. Mersul does not drive a vehicle and does not promise that a vehicle will act on a command, relocate itself, remain online or be safe to operate.
Owner responsibility: The Owner remains responsible for its vehicles, manufacturer account, authorization choices, maintenance, roadworthiness, registration, regulatory compliance and operational decisions. Mersul is an operations aid, not a substitute for required inspection, supervision or emergency response.
Manufacturer terms: Use of manufacturer services remains subject to the manufacturer’s agreements, policies, technical limits and fees. A manufacturer may change or discontinue access at any time, and Mersul is not responsible for that decision.
5. Marketplace Jobs and User Responsibilities
Job offer and acceptance: A dispatch offer will identify the available scope, location information, expected timing, price or pricing method, and applicable fees before acceptance. A job agreement is formed between the Owner and accepting Vendor when the Platform confirms acceptance. Mersul facilitates that agreement but is not the provider of the underlying vehicle service.
Owner responsibilities: Owners must provide accurate vehicle and job information, define approval limits, disclose known hazards, maintain lawful authority over the vehicle, and pay valid charges. An Owner must not request work or vehicle access that would be unsafe or unlawful.
Vendor responsibilities: Vendors must accept only work they are qualified, licensed, equipped and insured to perform; follow the agreed scope and safety requirements; protect vehicles and information; use access only for the accepted job; document work honestly; and comply with employment, tax, environmental, trade and other applicable laws.
No guaranteed opportunity: Mersul does not guarantee any number, frequency, territory, price or profitability of jobs, or that an Owner will select a particular Vendor. Vendors decide whether to accept each offered job, subject to commitments they make after acceptance.
Job-scoped vehicle access: Vehicle information and access provided for a job may be used only to reach, identify and service that vehicle within the authorized time and scope. Unauthorized access, copying, tracking or use may violate these Terms and applicable law and may be reported to the Owner, manufacturer or authorities.
Revocation and trespass: A Vendor’s right to access a vehicle begins when the job’s access window opens and ends immediately when the job is marked complete, the window expires, or the Owner cancels the dispatch. Physical or digital entry into the vehicle outside that window is unauthorized access and may constitute trespass. Mersul may report it to the Owner, the manufacturer and law enforcement.
Out-of-scope work and Supplementary Tickets: A Vendor may identify additional work during a job. A Vendor must not perform work outside the accepted ticket without a Supplementary Ticket approved through the Platform. Work performed outside the accepted ticket or an approved Supplementary Ticket is at the Vendor’s sole financial risk, will not be compensated by Mersul or the Owner, and creates no obligation for the Owner to accept, keep or pay for it.
6. Pricing, Payments and Payouts
Planned marketplace payments and Vendor onboarding will use Stripe Connect. A Vendor may also enter a direct agreement with Stripe during onboarding, including Stripe’s Connected Account Agreement. Mersul is not a bank, and a payment authorization or delayed payout is not an escrow account or fiduciary relationship.
Platform pricing: Subscription prices, transaction fees, processing fees and any expedite or other charge will be stated in the accepted order form, pricing page or job offer. These Terms do not set a current subscription amount or Vendor percentage. A charge not disclosed before the applicable purchase or job acceptance will not be added afterward.
Payment authorization: The Platform may authorize an estimated amount before work begins and capture the final amount after completion. The final charge may change only as disclosed in the job terms or when the Owner approves a revised scope or amount.
Automated authorization: Configuring an auto-approve ceiling or other automation rule is the Owner’s authorization for every job that rule matches. By setting a rule, the Owner authorizes Mersul to dispatch, authorize payment for, and capture funds for any job at or below the threshold that rule defines, without a further approval step, and agrees that a charge made under an active rule was authorized by the Owner. A rule can be changed or switched off at any time and applies only to jobs dispatched while it is active. The Platform records the rule in force at dispatch, and that record is the evidence of authorization for the resulting charge.
Vendor payouts: Payout timing depends on completion evidence, the applicable review window, Stripe availability, bank processing, reserves, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, risk review and legal requirements. Mersul or Stripe may delay, reverse or offset a payout where the applicable payment rules and law permit.
Cancellations and refunds: The cancellation, no-show, rework and refund rules shown with a subscription or job apply. Except where the displayed rule, accepted order form or law provides otherwise, subscription fees already earned for an active billing period and fees for properly completed work are not refundable.
Payment disputes and chargebacks: Contact Mersul before initiating a chargeback so the parties can review the job record. This request does not limit a right provided by law or a payment-network rule. Users are responsible for amounts, evidence, fees or negative balances allocated to them by the accepted payment arrangement.
Vendor insurance contribution: A two percent (2%) Trust & Safety contribution toward the Platform Master Insurance Policy is deducted from the Vendor’s gross payout on each accepted job, before the held funds are released, and is not refundable once the job has been covered. It is shown on the job offer before the Vendor accepts, so the payout a Vendor agrees to is the payout they receive. No contribution is taken for any job that the master policy does not cover.
Taxes: Each user is responsible for taxes arising from its business and transactions, except for taxes Mersul is legally required to collect, remit or report. Vendor tax forms and identity verification may be handled through Stripe.
7. Completion Evidence, Claims and Insurance
Completion evidence: The Platform may require timestamps, location, notes and before-and-after photographs. Automated or human review may check whether submitted evidence appears consistent with the agreed scope. Acceptance of evidence is not a warranty that work was complete, safe or free from defects.
Marketplace review window: Unless the job offer states a different period, an Owner should report visible damage, incomplete work or a scope dispute through the Platform within 24 hours after completion. That period governs Mersul’s expedited marketplace review and possible payout delay; it does not waive rights that cannot legally be waived, an insurer’s claim period, or a claim involving damage that could not reasonably have been discovered in that time.
Review process: Mersul may preserve relevant photos, telemetry, access logs and communications; request additional evidence; pause a payout where permitted; and help the parties exchange information. For the purpose of releasing, reducing or withholding the funds held for a job, the Owner and the Vendor agree that the Platform’s own record — timestamped telemetry, access logs, and the before-and-after evidence and its automated review — is the record Mersul decides on, and that Mersul’s decision on that basis is final as between them for the movement of those funds. That decision governs the money held for the job only. It does not adjudicate legal liability, bind an insurer, or prevent either party from pursuing a claim against the other under section 16.
Vendor tiers: Mersul facilitates jobs for two kinds of Vendor. Tier A Vendors are commercial businesses and must maintain active Commercial General Liability and, where they take custody of or move a vehicle, Garagekeepers Legal Liability coverage. Mechanical, glass, recovery, towing and body work are dispatched to Tier A Vendors only. Tier B Vendors are independent contractors performing commodity cleaning, inspection and triage, and are not required to carry commercial insurance.
Who bears damage on a Tier B job: A Tier B Vendor carries no commercial policy of their own, so the Platform Master Insurance Policy described below is the cover on those jobs, funded by the Vendor’s Trust & Safety contribution rather than by the Owner. It is subject to the limits, deductible and exclusions stated below, which is why Owners choose which tiers their rules may dispatch to and should still hold fleet coverage of their own.
Verification: A Vendor must provide accurate evidence of the coverage its tier and market require. Verification confirms that a document was supplied; it does not guarantee that a policy is valid, in force, or covers a particular loss. Owners should evaluate the Vendor and the coverage appropriate to their risk.
Platform Master Insurance Policy: Mersul maintains a commercial master policy providing contingent liability and property damage cover for Vendors of both tiers while performing an accepted job. Its terms are set out below rather than held in a separate document, so that what is covered can be read in the same place as the obligations it sits against. Mersul will not dispatch a job before that policy is in force and every figure below is stated. No job is dispatched without it, which is the commitment the rest of this section rests on.
Carrier: Published here before the first dispatch
Policy period: Published here before the first dispatch
Limit, per occurrence: Published here before the first dispatch
Limit, aggregate: Published here before the first dispatch
Deductible: Up to $2,500 per claim. Where the Platform record shows the Vendor was responsible, Mersul may assess the deductible against that Vendor’s held payout or account balance.
Cover window: Cover applies during the active job window and only then: from the moment the Vendor opens the vehicle using the access the Platform granted, to the moment the job is marked complete or that window expires.
Exclusions: Cover does not extend to damage occurring outside the active job window; intentional damage, gross negligence or theft by the Vendor; driving or relocating a vehicle without authorization; or work outside the accepted ticket or an approved Supplementary Ticket.
Primary versus contingent: For a Tier A Vendor carrying its own Garagekeepers Legal Liability cover, that Vendor’s policy is primary and the master policy applies only on a contingent or excess basis.
What creates the cover: The policy issued by the carrier named above is what creates the insurance, and its own wording governs. This section states its terms; it is not itself a policy, and neither is anything on the marketing site.
8. Reliability Index and Marketplace Decisions
The planned Reliability Index may use job acceptance, arrival against a Vendor’s stated ETA, completion time, evidence review, disputes and feedback to rank marketplace performance. Mersul may change the methodology to address accuracy, abuse or operational needs, but will publish the factors and applicable thresholds before using the score commercially.
Consequences: Reliability information may affect job priority, eligibility, restrictions, suspension or termination. It is not a statement about a Vendor outside the Mersul marketplace.
Explanation and correction: A Vendor may request the principal reasons for an account-impacting decision, correct an inaccurate underlying record and request human review. Except for an urgent safety, security or fraud restriction, Mersul will not make a final account-termination decision solely through automation.
Manipulation: Users may not fabricate evidence, coordinate false feedback, create duplicate identities, interfere with measurement or otherwise manipulate marketplace ranking.
9. Privacy, User Content and Operational Data
Privacy: The Privacy Policy explains what information Mersul collects, how it is used and shared, retention, cookies, privacy rights, and planned vehicle and marketplace processing. It is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Your content: You retain ownership of photographs, notes, messages and records you submit. You grant Mersul a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, copy, process, display and disclose that content only as reasonably needed to operate, secure and improve the Platform, complete a job, administer an account, handle a dispute or comply with law. This licence permits use of service providers and job counterparties for those purposes and lasts only as long as the content is retained lawfully.
Your assurances: You represent that you have the rights and permissions needed to submit content and allow the uses above. Do not submit unrelated personal information, unlawful material, trade secrets you are not authorized to disclose or photographs unrelated to the dispatched vehicle and job.
Aggregated information: Mersul may create and use aggregate or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be linked to a person, account or vehicle. We will not attempt to re-identify information we maintain as de-identified except to test whether de-identification remains effective or as law permits.
Feedback: If you voluntarily suggest an improvement, Mersul may use the suggestion without payment or restriction, but this does not transfer ownership of your pre-existing materials.
10. Mersul Intellectual Property and Restrictions
Limited licence: Subject to these Terms and any accepted order form, Mersul grants an authorized user a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right to use the site and Platform for its intended commercial purpose during the applicable term.
Mersul property: Mersul and its licensors retain all rights in the software, interfaces, workflows, documentation, marketplace design, Reliability Index methodology, branding and other materials we provide, excluding user content.
Restrictions: Except where law expressly permits it, you may not copy, sell, sublicense or redistribute the Platform; scrape or bulk-export data outside an available export feature; reverse engineer or bypass technical controls; probe for vulnerabilities without written authorization; use the service to develop a competing dataset or model; or interfere with other users or Platform operation.
Third-party marks: Tesla, Cybercab and Robotaxi are trademarks of Tesla, Inc. Mersul uses those names only to identify relevant vehicles, programs and compatibility. Mersul is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a partner of Tesla, Inc.
11. Suspension, Termination and Exit
Suspension by Mersul: We may restrict or suspend access to protect a person or vehicle, investigate suspected fraud or unauthorized access, respond to a provider or insurer requirement, address nonpayment, or prevent a material breach. Where reasonably possible, we will explain the restriction and how to seek review.
Termination by you: You may stop using the site at any time. When platform accounts are available, the accepted subscription or order form will state cancellation timing. Revoking manufacturer authorization stops dependent vehicle functions but does not itself resolve outstanding jobs, fees or claims.
Termination by Mersul: We may terminate for a material or repeated breach, unlawful conduct, confirmed fraud, loss of required eligibility, a final marketplace decision under section 8, prolonged nonpayment, discontinuation of the service, or when law or a critical provider requires it. Unless an urgent risk or law prevents notice, we will provide the reason and a reasonable opportunity to export available account data or seek review.
Effect of termination: Accrued payment obligations, unresolved jobs and disputes, and provisions that by their nature should survive remain effective. Undisputed amounts properly earned remain payable, subject to payment-provider rules and law. Data is retained or deleted according to the Privacy Policy; export availability is not guaranteed after account closure.
12. Third-Party Services and Service Changes
The Platform depends on services Mersul does not control, including vehicle-manufacturer APIs, communications networks, mapping and cloud services, payment processors, banks and insurers. Their outages, eligibility decisions, geographic limits, prices and terms may delay, change or prevent a Platform function.
Changes and discontinuation: We may change, add or remove pre-launch features. After commercial activation, we may modify the Platform to improve security, comply with law or provider requirements, or develop the service. If a change materially removes a paid core function, the applicable order form or notice will describe available cancellation or credit rights.
Third-party agreements: You are responsible for agreements you enter with Tesla, Stripe, an insurer, a bank, an Owner, a Vendor or another provider. These Terms do not amend those agreements, and Mersul is not responsible for another party’s products, services or promises.
No default service level: These Terms do not promise a particular uptime, response time, dispatch time or service credit. A service-level commitment applies only if an accepted order form identifies the covered service, measurement method, exclusions and remedy.
13. Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website, early-access program and Platform are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”. Mersul disclaims express, implied and statutory warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.
Mersul does not guarantee a launch date, commercial opportunity, continuous availability, uninterrupted manufacturer API access, error-free telemetry, response time, Vendor quality, job outcome, payment timing or that automation will identify every vehicle condition or incomplete service. Owners and Vendors must use professional judgment and appropriate safety processes. No website content is legal, tax, insurance, investment or financial advice.
Some jurisdictions do not allow particular warranty exclusions. In that case, an exclusion applies only to the maximum extent allowed by law.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, goodwill, opportunity or data, arising from these Terms even if advised that the loss was possible.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mersul’s total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the website, Platform and these Terms will not exceed the greater of the fees paid to Mersul by the claimant during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim or one hundred US dollars. Payment or coverage provided directly under an insurance policy is governed by that policy and does not reduce or expand this contractual cap.
These limitations do not apply to payment obligations for completed services, either party’s indemnification obligations, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for a party’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence where such an exclusion is prohibited.
15. Indemnification
You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Mersul and its officers, employees and agents from a third-party claim, damage, judgment, penalty, cost or reasonable legal fee arising from: your breach of these Terms; your vehicle, business, personnel, content or accepted job; work you performed or failed to perform; your misuse of vehicle access or personal information; your infringement of another party’s rights; or your violation of law.
This obligation applies only to the extent the claim was not caused by Mersul’s own breach, negligence or willful misconduct. Mersul will give reasonably prompt notice, allow you to control the defense with qualified counsel, and provide reasonable cooperation at your expense. You may not settle a claim in a way that admits fault by, imposes an obligation on, or fails to release Mersul without our written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.
16. Governing Law and Disputes
Informal resolution: Before filing a claim, email support@mersul.com with enough detail for the parties to investigate. Each party will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for 30 days. This does not prevent a request for urgent injunctive relief or cause a filing deadline to expire.
Arizona law and courts: These Terms are governed by Arizona law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any jurisdiction or venue that cannot lawfully be waived, unresolved disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction and venue there.
17. General Terms
Changes to these Terms: We may update these Terms by posting a revised version and changing the date above. If an update materially reduces an active platform user’s rights or increases their obligations, we will provide at least 30 days’ advance notice unless an urgent legal or security change requires less time. Where required, we will request affirmative acceptance. A fee change does not affect a billing period already paid.
Force majeure: Neither party is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, such as natural disaster, widespread network or utility failure, labor disruption, war, civil disorder, government action or failure of a critical third-party service. This does not excuse payment obligations already accrued.
Notices: Mersul may send operational and legal notices to the email associated with an account or post them prominently in the Platform. Notices to Mersul must be sent to support@mersul.com. Keep your email address current.
Assignment: You may not assign these Terms without Mersul’s written consent. Mersul may assign them in connection with a merger, reorganization, financing, sale of substantially all relevant assets, or by operation of law, provided the assignee assumes Mersul’s obligations.
Order of documents: A signed or electronically accepted order form may add product, price and service terms. If it expressly conflicts with these Terms, the order form controls for that conflict. The Privacy Policy controls the description of personal-information processing. Provider agreements govern the provider’s own service.
Entire agreement: These Terms, the Privacy Policy and any accepted order form are the complete agreement between you and Mersul about their subject and replace prior discussions or statements about that subject. They do not replace a separate signed agreement that expressly says it supersedes them.
Severability and waiver: If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder will continue. A failure or delay in enforcing a provision is not a waiver. Headings are for convenience only.
Contact: Mersul, LLC, Tempe, Arizona, United States — support@mersul.com