people r tryin' to equate this to a franchise model, some the amazon 3rd party model.

nope - this is just Elon raising money without going to the stock market or government but directly to Elon worshipping idiots.

he benefits two ways - interest free Capex, then higher stock prices by reporting higher number of cybercabs on the road. & guess who takes a punch to the mouth - the Elon worshippers.

with the amazon model | franchise models there's shared risk - not exactly equal but shared risk.

with Elon - one person is eating the risk, while one person eats 90% of the gains.