Tesla Starts Cybertruck Production Two Years Behind Schedule::undefined

    • L3s@lemmy.worldM
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      1 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?

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        1 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.

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          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+

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          1 year ago

          So you gave them an interest free loan for a few years?

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            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.

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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.

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        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.

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    (To the tune of the old “Spider-Man” theme.)

    Cybertruck, Cybertruck,
    Elon’s pervy techno-fuck,
    It can hum in your bum
    It can make a rich man cum
    Go suck! — Go suck a Cybertruck

    Cybertruck (hey!) Cybertruck,
    Haul a load of Cybertruck,
    Smells like poop, Hyperloop,
    But it’s Elon’s special poop
    In soup! Eat up for Cybertruck!

    In the heat of night
    At the scene of a death
    “Autopilot was right
    When it crushed out your breath!”

    Cybertruck, Cybertruck,
    Friendly neighborhood Cybertruck,
    Are you pissed? Here’s the gist:
    Cybertruck does not exist.
    Still pissed? Sign up on the list!
    Sign up for Cybertruuuuuuuuck!