Fraud? Question the executives - and if suspicions are confirmed and this was ordered by Elon, issue a warrant.
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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Remember, it's an Elon Musk gig. He easily confuses billions and millions on his DOGE website.
My guess is, Tesla in fact sold 8.669 vehicles this weekend - i.e. eight new cars and 0.669 car's worth of spare parts.
It's so easy to mistakenly type a comma when you meant a period...
So.... Fraud. But how, and who all does it benefit. Surely the sales tax far exceeds the rebates. So Canada is probably fine.
They could have “bought” all those cars themselves and now have them on the books as pre-owned.
That would probably reduce the value of the car more than the rebate but I imagine that Tesla would have no issue with selling them as new even though they are technically second hand.
They’d then be able to carry on selling them at rebate values going forward giving them an advantage over other manufacturers.
I always thought it was normal that dealers buy their own cars to buff the sales figures, especially towards the end of the quarter.
When I'm looking for a car or motorcycle I always check for young, preowned vehicles - they're pretty much new and much cheaper.
It is quite normal but I’m sure that they wouldn’t normally do it to that extent.