To note, Tesla won't take Cybertrucks as trade ins, and there is a very thin used market for them. They authorized delivery centers to remove foundation series badging to attempt to offload those on a the lot at a lower price point. Donations are the most capital efficient way to get value from them if you have them.
Edit: It also looks like the donations are simply recycling capital back into portfolio companies.
> The Cybertruck fleet is the latest entry in a list of gifts Horowitz has given to the Las Vegas police — a relationship TechCrunch revealed in detail late last year. The venture capitalist has donated more than $7 million to the department over the last few years.
> Most of that money has been used to purchase technology from Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies. At times, TechCrunch’s reporting showed, the police department offered Horowitz the chance to weigh in on how that technology was deployed.
Last I checked, any ordinary crook with a bowling ball can open this thing up like a tin of sardines.