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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I actually really don't like tesla as a company or elon as a ceo or person, but I'm pretty sure that's not true.

Edit: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22594778/tesla-q2-2021-earnings-revenue-profit-credits-emissions-bitcoin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is. Here's an article about their Q1 2023 revenue showing the same thing.

Edit: so they had one report of car sales AND energy projects outpacing the lowest amount of carbon credit income I've seen them get? Not really convincing me there..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. So the carbon credit business is growing and/or the car business is shrinking to the point that without the credits they aren't profitable again.

Tesla would be in the red were it not for carbon credits – something that hasn’t happened in the last two years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, so I misread that as being in the red hadn't happened for them in two years. Either way, they're a carbon credit and battery company that sometimes make shoddily built cars, not the other way around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No disagreement there.