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   Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 20:27:23 JST Artemis

   I'll be honest, I'm starting to strongly suspect that Tesla is not so much a car company as it is a scheme to collect electric vehicle tax credits/rebates, and in the process of that they occasionally sell some real cars.

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     Flic (flisty@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 20:27:28 JST Flic

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     @artemis that's been known for a long time https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/investing/tesla-profitability/index.html

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     Flic (flisty@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 20:27:44 JST Flic

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     @artemis (NB it makes the Canadian situation with the suspicious sales even more *interesting*)

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     Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 20:27:47 JST Artemis

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     • Flic

     @Flisty
     Yeah, that's kind of the thing. I always knew they were a scam. I didn't realize *how much of a scam* until the Canadian rebate story broke, and then the final pieces slotted into place.

     Maybe calling it *a* scam is incorrect: it is several scams bundled together.