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~$200M/year, and it isn't a strategic cash infusion, they have to.

"Tesla has generated almost $2 billion in revenue from selling regulatory credits since 2010"

"If [other car-] manufacturers don’t sell enough non-polluting vehicles, they have to purchase credits from competitors like Tesla to make up the difference."

How much is that relatively?

TLSA 2018 revenue: $21B net income: -$1B

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Tesla has received more in regulatory credit revenue alone, than their entire market cap at the time of the IPO. Of course the company has grown massively since then, both in market cap and revenue, but it's worth stating just to put this into perspective.

> ~$200M/year, and it isn't a strategic cash infusion, they have to.

$420m last year and rising steadily.

I wonder who brokers these things.

Yeah I can imagine a marketplace driven by demand/supply logistics. Short of saying Uber for ZEV/carbon credits :)

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