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gota 4 hours ago

Maybe they did this to keep the contract with a symbolic value; or to avoid the headlines that Tesla 'cancelled' the contract?

A '99% write down' is such an uncommon term that many people might not register it.

consp 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Maybe they did this to keep the contract with a symbolic value;

Tax reasons? Keep it on the book and write the loss off against other profit over coming years? No clue how it would work in practice but it sounds taxy.