Tesla Starts Cybertruck Production Two Years Behind Schedule::undefined

  • @L3s@lemmy.worldM
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    302 years 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?

    • @ashok36@lemmy.world
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      12 years 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.

    • Meow.tar.gz
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      102 years ago

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

    • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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      242 years 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.

        • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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          82 years 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.

          • @eee@lemm.ee
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            2 years 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.

      • @L3s@lemmy.worldM
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        132 years 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+