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Well, that's two embarrassing headlines for Musk today, and for both he plays the role of huckster.

• toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Definitely not cool behavior but isn't material to the business. Tesla will keep selling units (more than Toyota in California as of this comment [1]), and any legal outcome will be a slap on the wrist with a small (relatively) settlement funded out of ~$23B in cash reserves on hand. [1] https://cleanenergyrevolution.co/2023/07/26/teslas-california-sales-surpass-toyotas/ https://cleanenergyrevolution.co/2023/07/26/teslas-californi...
  • avgDev 3y ago
    Tesla is currently being subsidized by the feds and doesn't California have additional rebates on EVs? If one could get $7500 on a hybrid or just a regular car, Tesla would not be doing so great.
    • toomuchtodo 3y ago
      Any EV manufacturer is subsidized, due to attempts to mitigate climate change and combustion pollutants (smog and whatnot, which is important to geographies like California).
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    • natch 3y ago
      All car manufacturers are subsidized especially gas car manufacturers who do not pay the costs of the relatively larger environmental damage they create. A Tesla without any rebate / tax credit still has cheaper TCO than a gas car costing $10,000 to $15,000 less, but many people don’t get this yet so they think these rebates are needed to keep Tesla in business. They’re not.
  • 0xfedbee 3y ago
    I didn’t know Californians to be this stupid.
  • natch 3y ago
    It’s a bs story though. The range numbers are estimates based on good conditions at 55mph, and people expect the range to not change when they have lead foot or other factors. Not a bug, not a scandal, just EV noobs who assume the worst when they don’t understand things.
• natch 3y ago
  he is said by haters to play the role of the huckster. ftfy