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submitted 10 hours ago by RockBottom@feddit.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/60050040

Considering the pickup EV has been an enormous commercial flop, only selling barely a fraction of Musk’s promised 250,000 to 500,000 Cybertrucks a year, there’s a good chance Tesla is using the mercurial CEO’s other venture to boost the numbers ahead of the end of an otherwise disastrous year.

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[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 6 points 4 hours ago

So, that's definitely fraud, right?

[-] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 hours ago

....and SpaceX gets government funding. My tax dollars are being spent on fucking Cybertrucks? Fucking God dammit.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Good luck boycotting when they just take your money directly

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 18 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Grifting off the government. A how-to guide.

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