According to Forbes, Barron's and other financial publications, Tesla sells more Emission Climate Credits than it does cars. Tesla legally sells credits to "polluters" to fund itself without ever having to plant a single tree. Sounds like legal money laundering to me. Tesla has more safety problems than the dreaded Pinto, and it's cars cost more fossil fuels to run them and manufacture them....Yep, Musk is a smart guy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/11/29/will-regulatory-credits-continue-to-bolster-teslas-profits/?sh=5df4712c62d8