[00:00] What I've thrown in here was about $1.5 billion of operating income for the semi-truck by the end of 2030, with the risk that if for some reason the semi-truck doesn't get adopted,
[00:15] maybe you don't get enough of the subsidies. Like right now, federal support for these trucks is gone. However, the reason they talk California in this video is because California still pays big dollars.
[00:27] And there are huge wait lists for these trucks, but the $40,000 federal EV tax credit for semi-trucks, that went away September 30th of 2025. But California still has what's called the HVIP voucher, which gets you about $120,000 per truck.
[00:46] And there are even more subsidies you can get with something called the New Clean Fuel Reward. So stacked together, you could get the cost of a semi-truck potentially if you stack these together down under $100,000.
[01:02] In which case, the break-even goes from being five years to being negative. Like you get basically break-evens day one. That where the way you value this is you look at the states that are going to give the most subsidies are going to see the most adoption of these Tesla semi California is a huge trucking state all the way up and down the state
[01:24] They're going to throw money at these EVs. And here's what I think. I think Democrat victories, whether it's in midterms or it's in the election of 2028,
[01:37] are going to lead to a resumption of federal EV tax credits for semi-trucks. So one of the next big plays for Tesla could actually be Democrats again.
[01:49] Democrat victory, let's write it down, victory in 2028 could lead to massive renewed subsidies for semi-trucks.
[02:01] currently California offering 120k through HVIP program and up to another 120k through the clean fuel rewards program. That's crazy. Now you have a sub 100k cost. Break even instantly
[02:22] becomes negative. You know, so they're talking about a five year break even, you know, when you start getting nickel and dimey on the math and diesel prices come down, that's a risk.
[02:34] Totally offset, by the way, by credits.