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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't worry. The trucks were covered by a $20 million government grant, and an additional $40k per vehicle.

The fuck.

[–] LEDZeppelin 60 points 2 months ago

Cornerstone of capitalism - Socialize the cost, privatize the profit!

[–] partial_accumen 5 points 2 months ago

Don’t worry. The trucks were covered by a $20 million government grant, and an additional $40k per vehicle.

The fuck.

You read that wrong.

From the article: "Interestingly, 32 of Pepsi’s semi trucks were covered by a $20 million state government grant, while federal subsidies pay for up to $40,000 per additional vehicle. "

The "additional 40k" was for only 4 vehicles.