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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by sown on Friday August 07, 2009 @10:38PM (#748888)
Tesla took money from the government. I think this is why they're profitable.

http://green.venturebeat.com/2009/06/24/government-dumps-fun...

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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by zck on Saturday August 08, 2009 @12:36AM (#748978)
Well, people could be buying from Tesla because they got money from the government, but as the article says:

>The $20 million in revenues and $1 million in profits do not reflect any proceeds from that loan, the company tells us.

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Re:Tesla Says It Is Now Profitable, Ships 109 Roadsters In July by sown on Saturday August 08, 2009 @03:37AM (#749096)
Whops. :)
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