The USPS was planning to buy new trucks about a decade ago with the surplus money they had. Then lobbyists heard about the surplus, and ran to congress and had them pass a law that forced USPS to fund pensions of people not even born yet. Thus forcing USPS into the red. They can’t even do cost cutting measures cause…

And to this day they continue to delay picking a winner for the USPS trucks. We are like literally at the last step.

So what you are saying is, next time someone gets into a traffic jam, they are being kidnapped and can resort to violence legally in self defense right?

lol, he endorses West for president as much as you would endorse your neighbor or friend for president if he asks if you will.

Uhm, Q3 and Q4 was profitable without regulatory credits.

Because haven’t you heard? People on unemployment and other social services drive Mercedeses.

What do you mean has never turned a profit? They had a net profit during the last 3 quarters. Highly likely this quarter will break even or be slightly profitable too.

Tesla’s competition is ICE vehicles, because that is the marketshare they are aiming for.

Generally, reservation systems with money down is to prevent fraud. This way they don’t overstock supply only to find out people were reserving just for kicks. Of course you will always have fall out once it comes to delivery, but its within margin of expectation as long as they limit fraud.

Tesla does put that into their COGS reporting... if you want COGS to go into gross margins though, that isn’t required under GAAP.

Tesla uses GAAP account just an fyi. They also publish non-GAAP numbers on top of those to provide more context. But other than that, they are statements are fully compliant with GAAP accounting like other automakers.

Not sure what point you are trying to make... sure enron started things legally then started to do illegal stuff later on, but how is any of this relevant?

Hey, I am not the one who set that low bar, SBA did. You can’t have it both ways.

And I would love to live in a fantasy world where words stop having actual meanings and you could use whatever word you want to mean whatever, whenever.

Actually, this is probably the most neutral article I’ve seen from Shillings on Tesla, to the point I think he’s been kidnapped and replaced by an impostor

Well technically speaking, they’ve been only mass producing cars for less than a decade.

Tesla has been profitable the last 3 quarters, if they come in profitable or break even in this quarter as well, they can even join the S&P500

1) There is nothing wrong with using oil as a material.

While they do have some, there is a reason why renewables isn’t to their liking.

Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax is the way to go if you want to make progress quicker. You can adjust the disparity of rich and poor through other forms of taxation if need be. But that may not even be necessary as the rich will generally generate more carbon than the poor.