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Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle California hazardous waste lawsuit::Tesla has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 25 California counties earlier this week accusing the electric vehicle maker of mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities across the state.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you compare this to the 56 billion pay package Musk almost got if it weren't for some random metal drummer, capitalism is broken.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Not broken, working as intended.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tesla's annual revenue was 96.773 billion in 2023, so this fine amounts to a whopping 0.00155% of that. That'll show them not to pollute in those counties.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

That’s like 10 model S plaids. This is nothing.