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EV industry watching Musk's role in tariff fixing (www.voanews.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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The electric vehicle industry is closely watching to see how Tesla boss Elon Musk, who played a key role in the victory of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, will use his influence with the incoming president to steer the industry's future.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They should be doing more than “watching”. They have two months of functioning government left. Don’t waste it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They already put a 100% tarrif on the most affordable EV (byd seagull)

[–] hark 7 points 1 month ago

Exactly. He already has his hand up the government's ass and had been sucking off billions of dollars in subsidies and other benefits. This will only get worse, but apparently boosting musk is bipartisan, the two parties just differ in how much they want to give to him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Spoiler: They will waste their time.