Tesla Starts Cybertruck Production Two Years Behind Schedule::undefined

    • @L3s@lemmy.worldM
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      301 year 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@lemmy.world
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        241 year 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.

        • @L3s@lemmy.worldM
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          131 year 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+

          • @dynamojoe@lemmy.world
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            81 year 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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              1 year 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.

      • Meow.tar.gz
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        101 year ago

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

      • @ashok36@lemmy.world
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        11 year 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.