Look at externalities when you consider selling price: Tesla sells pollution credits to outside companies, which they can use to finance their operations to som

Look at externalities when you consider selling price: Tesla sells pollution credits to outside companies, which they can use to finance their operations to some degree. For legacy OEMs like GM, CAFE standards mean that selling 1 Bolt EV lets them sell several Cadillac Escalades which have a very nice profit margin. Disclaimer: I work for GM, but not on this product, and any opinions are my own.