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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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[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years 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.

[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago

Not broken, working as intended.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meanwhile Average Joe gets a council fine that bankrupts him

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The dodgeball team?

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