• FanciestPants@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Will he really need customers much longer? I mean it seems like he can just have any government agency replace their fleet with his trash in the name of “efficiency”.

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      10 months ago

      Apparently a big part of Tesla’s business is selling carbon credits to other automakers… Which relies on them having a certain number of EV sales. If they drop below a threshold, then they can’t sell those credits anymore.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Even worse is, he can use the government to sabotage the competition, as Russia and Hungary did.