Electric cars, Musk and the Right

Loach
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:45:41 +0000
Politics & Elections

This has been bouncing around in my head.

Musk and Tesla are the leading proponents for electric cars.
The right has made EVs a political issue. They think EVs are the devil. Probably a communist plot. Maybe the communist devil’s plot.
The left tends to be more pro EV. Not so much pro Elon.
Trump is rolling back EV plans and funding for charging stations. So it doesn’t look like his feelings have changed.

Who is going to buy Teslas? The Right aren’t going to suddenly like EVs. He may get a few converts but I can’t believe that many will suddenly like EVs. I can’t see anyone even remotely leaning left buying a Tesla now. There are some early indicators that Tesla sales are dropping but it’s too early to tell the long term impact.

All you need to do is look at a news story and then read the comments to know that electric vehicles are a political issue. What is going to be the impact of Musk’s current role on the issue? To me this looks like a victory for China. BYD is already neck and neck with Tesla for sales worldwide. This can only help them. Does Musk even care? Is Tesla the toy he’s bored playing with?

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