Oh, and specific to Tesla from a WP article last week: “ About a third of Tesla’s $35 billion in profits since 2014 has come from selling federal and state reg

Oh, and specific to Tesla from a WP article last week: “ About a third of Tesla’s $35 billion in profits since 2014 has come from selling federal and state regulatory credits to other automakers. The credits are given to automakers that meet certain standards, including selling a certain percentage of zero-emission vehicles. Tesla is the largest seller of these credits to automakers that don’t meet the standards and want to avoid paying a fine.”