• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    Not necessarily, dealerships could take care of it and just give it to the customers in the meantime, a bit like a 0% loan that is being refunded by the government. That’s how pretty much all federal rebates for EV cars were handled because it’s a much less painful experience for the consumers to not have to deal with the paperwork and waiting for the money.

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      And that’s fraud. I think it’s exactly what they wanted, to ask for as many as they could so they could sell the cars for less than the competition.

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        No it’s not, it’s exactly how all dealerships handled the federal rebate, the only weird thing is Tesla not claiming them regularly (from what they’re saying) hence the investigation, but otherwise it’s perfectly normal and legal that the dealerships were taking care of the trouble for their clients.

        Down vote all you want, it was still the way it was done and is why all other dealerships were pissed when they couldn’t submit their paperwork for their recent sales because Tesla submitted enough to empty the pot.