Tesla Starts Cybertruck Production Two Years Behind Schedule::undefined

  • @L3sM
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    3011 months ago

    They’ve gotten so much money for the Cyber Truck “orders” without even delivering a product to the customers for yeaaarrs. How is that legal?

    • @dynamojoe
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      2411 months ago

      I’ll get my $100 deposit back when their $40k electric pickup truck turns out to be $78k, just like Ford did. Not worried.

      • @L3sM
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        1311 months ago

        100% agree, no way it’ll be $40k. Still crazy that as of 2021 there were 1.5M orders, which means they’ve been holding and most likely making interest on $150,000,000+

        • FuglyDuck
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          911 months ago

          They probably spent it, though.

          • @L3sM
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            011 months ago

            Did I hear “twitter”? (Just messing, I know that’s not how it works, at least not how it should work)

            • FuglyDuck
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              311 months ago

              Narrator: “that’s totally what they did”

              (It’s also pretty illegal, IIRC)

        • @berkat
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          411 months ago

          Elon is a rich con artist.

        • @dynamojoe
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          811 months ago

          Pretty much, yeah. Assuming 5% interest for the 25 months they’ve had it, Tesla has made a little over $10 off my deposit so far. I hope they enjoy two happy meals with their gains. I’ll be fine.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 months ago

            A quick google search shows that Tesla has anything from “more than 1 million” to “more than 1.25 million” deposits placed, so it’s actually more like two million happy meals that Musk is enjoying.

      • @Kraven_the_Hunter
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        311 months ago

        Why wait? Just go to their website and request it back now. That’s what i did last year.

    • Meow.tar.gz
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      1011 months ago

      Beats the shit out of me. But now corporations are being treated as people so maybe it’s a welfare subsidy? 😆

    • @ashok36
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      111 months ago

      As long as they don’t realize the funds as income or use them for anything, they can hold deposits pretty much indefinitely. Accountants hate it though.