Tesla didn’t do either of those.

95% of them will choose to live in their cars in the parking lot rather than pay Bay Area housing costs

That’s not how tax credits work. Its not other people’s money, it’s your own money that you get to keep. If your tax burden is less than the credit, you don’t get other people’s money, the credit goes unclaimed.

That’s true, and they weren’t bullied, or made fun of.

They are selling cars to a small (tiny) niche - wealthy, young(ish), tech savvy people. The car market is big enough that there’s room for this niche player (they delivered less than 80,000 vehicles last year) but it’s not clear they will thrive as something closer to a mass market brand.

Bed is for materials. Backseat is for tools I don’t want stolen. Source: I work for a living.