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This is neither dirty nor a secret. Tesla is only able to sell these credits because they actually make zero-emissions cars, and they can only sell credits proportional to the cars they make. If anything, it's a dirty secret that other manufacturers are able to get away with making polluting vehicles by purchasing credits from Tesla.

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I agree that it's not a secret, but it is kind of dirty... it's all legal of course, but those credits aren't going to last forever, and unless Tesla can dramatically reduce their costs, they're going to run into problems when the credits expire.

And, regardless of whether it's a secret or not, the populist BULL TSLA!!!! crowd is largely ignorant of it.

That's the goal of those credits to make it easier for anyone looking to make electrical vehicles to succeed and reduce environmental pollution in the process of switching to Electric cars/trucks. And factor in the Health cost of Transportation related ICE pollution and that makes good financial sense for the credits to continue as the goal for the credits creation extends beyond only Tesla's business model.

The Heath affects of over a Century on ICE pollution must be part of the math as well. And one need only look at the degradation of Building Facades and Statues and the cost there in Urban areas from ICE related pollution and that's more billions spent there over the years as well.

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