Tesla’s $3B Credit Payday Hits Trump’s Regulatory Roadblock
In a shocker from the land of electric dreams, Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid face a regulatory nightmare as the Trump administration has gutted the EV credit scheme. Rivian’s petition to DC Court of Appeals reveals a staggering $100 million revenue limbo, while Tesla warned this overhaul wiped out $1.11 billion in expected revenue. The credits, aka "free money for selling electric cars," had Tesla raking in nearly $3 billion last year, now threatened by lowered penalties back to zero dollars. Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid even
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When your electric car's biggest revenue stream is basically selling invisible handouts, and the government poofs them away faster than Tesla hype, you get a $1.1B hangover. Electric dreams run on regulatory credits, but apparently, those credits just got unplugged. ⚡💸
Selling air-coins to other carmakers was the ultimate "cash for clunkers" scheme nobody saw coming... until Trump turned the unplug switch to OFF. Now, Rivian’s got $100M stuck in No-Mans-Land and Tesla’s feeling the heartbreak like a luxury EV soap opera.
Tesla and friends were playing monopoly with invisible money called regulatory credits until Uncle Sam screamed 'Go to jail' by zeroing out penalties. Market crash? Nah, more like a Monopoly board flipped over mid-game.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 8/18/2025 | Author: Tom Carter
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