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SpaceX Is Buying Up an Unfathomable Number of Cybertrucks (futurism.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by RockBottom@feddit.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 45 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Good luck boycotting when they just take your money directly

[–] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

I mean if any police departments near you have some as fleet vehicles, it already was

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

They do, for specifically the missions they're fulfilling as a government contractor. This is just Elon effectively buying them from himself, moving inventory from the public company where he has accountability to his private company where he has none.

[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So, that's definitely fraud, right?

[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

It should be but it wouldn't surprise me if it's legal in burgerland.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, even before we take note of how much state subsidies SpaceX is getting.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Grifting off the government. A how-to guide.