We only have the headlines to go off but it looks like the prosecution have offered the Texas guy a plea deal but haven’t offered Luigi one.

That means that the death penalty was technically on the cards but it doesn’t mean that they were actually going to go for it.

It is quite normal but I’m sure that they wouldn’t normally do it to that extent.

They could have “bought” all those cars themselves and now have them on the books as pre-owned.

That would probably reduce the value of the car more than the rebate but I imagine that Tesla would have no issue with selling them as new even though they are technically second hand.

They’d then be able to carry on selling them at rebate values going forward giving them an advantage over other manufacturers.