You’re right; I meant to say that they can be expected by current investors to be dividends-paying at any time in the future because their economics are fundamentally GAAP profitable at this point (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/tesla-earnings.h...). This is no longer an unsustainable business we’re talking about here, hype notwithstanding.
Now, Uber on the other hand...