Tesla is selling unsold Cybertrucks to Elon Musk’s other companies.

There’s no publicly verified evidence that Tesla, Inc. is deliberately selling its products to another company of Elon Musk (or a peer company) solely to inflate its upcoming financial statements on earnings day.

 However, there are a few related facts and possible motivations that are worth discussing—so we can evaluate whether the idea is plausible.

✅ What is confirmed

• Tesla reportedly sold unsold Cybertruck units (or moved them) to another Musk-related entity. One article titled “Tesla is selling unsold Cybertrucks to Elon Musk’s other companies” suggests this kind of transaction.  
• Tesla also has a large energy division, Tesla Energy, which is part of Tesla itself. So internal transfers between divisions occur, or sales of components/products across business units, which is normal for a large, vertically integrated company.  

⚠️ Why this doesn’t necessarily mean “manipulating earnings”

• Internal or affiliated‐company transactions can be legitimate—e.g., one Musk company might buy vehicles for corporate use (e.g., fleet vehicles) or for testing. That doesn’t automatically mean wrongdoing.
• Companies already account for such related‐party transactions under accounting standards (e.g., disclosures under SEC rules) so they cannot arbitrarily inflate revenue without disclosure.
• Inflating earnings on purpose can expose the company to regulatory risk, restatements, or enforcement actions. For a company like Tesla under high scrutiny, doing something blatantly misleading would be very risky.

🎯 Could this help upcoming earnings? Possibly—but with caveats

• If Tesla transfers vehicles/products (even to a related firm), that could boost revenue or shipments in the short term. For example, moving “unsold” inventory out could reduce inventories and make gross margin look better.
• On the flip side, if those vehicles aren’t sold to external independent customers, analysts and investors may scrutinize the quality of that “sale” and adjust their views accordingly.
• Timing such a transaction near an earnings release could raise analytic eyebrows: “Why was this just moved now?”
• So yes, a motivated party might see this as a way to improve visible figures (vehicle deliveries, revenue, inventory moves) ahead of a results announcement—but it doesn’t guarantee sustained benefit, and it may draw negative attention.

🔍 My conclusion

In simple terms: It’s plausible Tesla might engage in a related‐party transaction that improves metrics ahead of earnings. But there’s no clear proof that Tesla is doing so purely for earnings manipulation. If this were happening, it would be a high-risk strategy and likely properly disclosed (or at least subject to investor questions).

If you like, I can check Tesla’s recent 8-K filings and footnotes to see if any such related-party vehicle transfers or unusual end‐of‐quarter shipments have been disclosed. Would you like me to look into that?