Yes. Most companies play these financial games to some extent.
I lumped government subsidies in with EV sales since they are related. Trump wiped these out.
Robotaxi and robots are the fantasy category. They are not currently income producers and may not be for years to come. His robot demos have been widely panned as fake.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/30/tesla-profits-bitcoin-crypto-...
Oh yeah, and government subsidies (making up 38% of profits in 2024)
https://news.sky.com/story/elons-playing-a-very-dangerous-ga...