Will Musk be the next Trump?

[Tero]

You pay tax on bitcoin profits?

For the fiscal (and calendar) year 2021, Tesla reported a net income of $5.52 billion.[514] The annual revenue was $53.8 billion, an increase of 71% over the previous fiscal year.[514]
Tesla ended 2021 with $17.6 billion of cash on hand, down $1.8 billion from the end of 2020.[148]: 31 

In February 2021, a 10-K filing revealed that Tesla had invested some $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency bitcoin, and the company indicated it would soon accept bitcoin as a form of payment.[82] Critics then pointed out how investing in cryptocurrency can run counter to Tesla's environmental goals.[516][517] Tesla made more profit from the 2021 investment than the profit from selling cars in 2020, due to the Bitcoin price increase after the investment was announced.[518][519]

The quarter ending June 2021 was the first time Tesla made a profit independent of Bitcoin and regulatory credits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_In ... troversies

[Brian Peacock]

Nasty judge rules that Musk can't have his $56 billion Tesla pay package, even though the shareholders voted for it. Lawyers for Tesla argued that the remuneration was necessary to keep Musk interested and involved in the day-to-day running of the business - even though he's the major shareholder.

1% of $56bn is $560,000,000 btw. Dividing Musk's pay between Tesla's c.120,000 employees ≈ $466,667 each.

[pErvinalia]

Yeah but what have they done? Always taking toilet breaks and breathing.

[aufbahrung]

Should let him have the money. He won't sit on it like a ordinary billionaire. Get at least a moon mission, maybe a mars one too, before he comes back for more. Not saying he ain't a bad man, but he's a geek, he's our bad man so to speak. A science man behind the wire, in Trumps realm, risking it all for the lulz we all would hold dear in a similar position.

[Tero]

Tesla will kill pedestrians
https://www.threads.net/@realdanodowd/p ... qRT5akvSlQ

[JimC]

Pedestrians are un-American! And Tero, bicycle riders are even worse!

[Tero]

We've had a bit of a growing fear of cars amont new cyclists. The bike paths and some low traffic gravel roads are now preferred. But I really do not like being passed on a gravel road.

[Woodbutcher]

We've had a bit of a growing fear of cars amont new cyclists. The bike paths and some low traffic gravel roads are now preferred. But I really do not like being passed on a gravel road.

Then drive faster and quit gawking!

[pErvinalia]

We all know this is how it will end.

[Sean Hayden]

Yeah, that’s what should happen. But in bizarro world they’ll probably find they can’t live without each other.

[Tero]

Trump gave him a humongous task. And 18 months. And a desk. Maybe a few notepads and pens.

[Brian Peacock]

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[Tero]

Teslas not selling
https://www.threads.net/@flaregun1/post ... yHjVe-1gwA

[pErvinalia]

They are getting swamped by cheaper Chinese EVs.

[pErvinalia]