That’s not “misuse.” That’s fraud. - ThreadSky

brenttoderian.bsky.social • 2 days ago

That’s not “misuse.” That’s fraud.

Tesla reported 8,600 sales in three days, triggering $43 million in government EV rebates.

A single Toronto Tesla location claimed over 1,200 sales, raising concerns about possible rebate misuse.
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Comments

timsylvester.com•1 day ago

It's not fraud when a billionaire does it, it's just "creative accounting".

I'm sure DOGE will get right on it.

poirierli.bsky.social•1 day ago

We want any fraudulently obtained tax dollars back!

jennifer-turner.bsky.social•1 day ago

This absolutely needs to be investigated.

therealdee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup.

And I'm not surprised by this one bit.

harwudu.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are multiplier problems for #Tesla. It is not just vehicle sales but the credit deficit looming in tesla's european credit pooling schemes with other car makers.
But hey, Wedbush analyst declares $TSLA price target of $550 a share. 🤣

https://www.politico.eu/article/tesla-plummeting-sales-risk-emissions-credit-earning/

johnnyrenton.bsky.social•2 days ago

Investigate Tesla for fraud and burn the company into the ground. Canadians deserves to get all 43 million in taxpayer money back from this obvious scam.

noraondariv.bsky.social•1 day ago

And there will be repercussions!

patiencespade.bsky.social•1 day ago

is he buying them
himself? to make it look like people are still buying?

andrewctenor.bsky.social•1 day ago

Either that or someone has just found a way to use them as Airbnbs

poulchapman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canada should put a 1000% tariff on Tesla sales

godzilla8ny.bsky.social•1 day ago

‘Possible’ misuse?

1200 sales in one day?

Go find those customers :-)

donquixote66.bsky.social•1 day ago

I bet Canada doesn’t prosecute Musk for fraud

vanillabn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ban them from Canada. Don’t they have safety issues?

jill-jdi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ban them from Canada because the ceo is a Nazi.

vanillabn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agreed 💯. Safety issues are easier to get a ban on than personal. 😬

goestoeleven.bsky.social•1 day ago

if fraud, Tesla should be prohibited from selling cars in Canada

shastingssimon.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m glad they will investigate but it’s also very possible they knew about the program ending and submitted a backlog of applications for sales over a few months.
Traditional automotive dealers don’t like the direct sales model so I’d be somewhat wary of narratives pushed by the dealers association

chrisdegroot.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is probably the case. Tesla is a problematic company at this time, but let’s not forget that the dealer sales model sucks and dealers will do anything to protect their lucrative schemes. I rather enjoyed ordering a car online instead of ensuring hours of high pressure sales tactics.

shastingssimon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Which is not to ignore all the problematic things about Tesla/Musk which are obviously now more problematic than the role of incumbent auto dealers trying to block direct EV sales, but just that in this case the enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend
(Though maybe there was fraud too)

shane555.bsky.social•1 day ago

Jail not bail, right?

With the issues last night on Fifth Estate, we clearly need to increase accountability measures.

https://youtu.be/UbhyGO6OSvg?feature=shared